Pap Smear
Put Prevention Into Practice
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- A Pap smear is a test for cancer of the cervix (opening of the uterus). The Pap smear
can find changes in the cells of your cervix before they become cancerous or while
the cancer is easier to cure.
- Women need to have a Pap smear every 3 years, some more often.
- Tell your doctor if you have had genital warts, a sexually transmitted disease (STD),
multiple sex partners, or abnormal Pap smears. If so, you may need Pap smears more
often than other women.
- Your doctor may suggest stopping Pap smears if you are older than age 65 and have
had regular, normal Pap smears or if you have had a hysterectomy.
- If your Pap smear results are abnormal, you may need to have the Pap smear done
again in a few months. Or you may need other tests, usually done in a doctor's office.
- The cause of an abnormal Pap smear can usually be treated in a doctor's office.
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