Friday 22 February 2013

Age 25 is too late to start testing for cervical cancer, say Canadian ob-gyn groups

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada and two related medical organizations are taking issue with a national task force's recommendations that women wait until age 25 to start cervical cancer screening. In a newly released position paper, the SOGC, the Society of Gynecologic Oncology and the Society of Canadian Colposcopists say age 25 is too late to begin Pap testing because precancerous and cancerous lesions may have developed earlier in some women. Read more here.

Read the position statement here.

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