A new Canadian study questions the necessity of screening for cervical cancer in women over 55 with one negative result from the HPV test. The study, conducted on 200,000 women in British Columbia indicated that a single negative HPV SNA test at age 55 resulted in a very low risk (less than 1%) of developing cervical cancer. According to study author Talia Malagon, "continued screening [for[ women [that] have a negative HPV test would provide little benefit."
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