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New guidelines: Pap smears can start at 21
Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. Full Story
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Nov. 20: In the second big change in women's cancer screening guidelines to be issued this week, a prominent physicians group says young women do not need a cervical cancer screening test before age 21. NBC Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports.
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