New cervical cancer screening guidelines published
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Making sense of the new cervical-cancer screening guidelines.
n engl j med 365;23 nejm.org december 8, 2011 2145 recommended screening with the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear and pelvic examination at the initiation of sexual activity or by 18 years of age and annually thereafter. Although not evidencebased, this guideline was easy to remember, timed to coincide with the onset of legal adulthood, and well received by patients and clinicians. Linking the Pap sme...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27601