Vics Driving School Reports caution against excessive cancer testing
By AdminHealth report updates over the past few weeks may have left a large number of women in a state of confusion.
Last week, the United States Preventive Services Task Force released a statement recommending that women begin screenings for breast cancer at the age of 50, not at 40 as had been previously suggested by both health care professionals and the American Cancer Society.
A few days later, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issued a report suggesting that women need not receive their first Pap smear, a cervical cancer screening, until the age of 21.
It was also stated that subsequent screenings could occur less frequently than previously recommended – every two years for women under the age of 30, and every three years for those above, instead of annually… more
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