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A Canadian panel of doctors have published that all women shall be routinely checked for existence of cervical cancer from the age of 25 for at least next three consecutive years. The guidelines were presented to answer the question regarding the recent increase of cervical cancer, which is a preventable sexually transmitted infection.
Statistics provided by the Canadian Cancer Society show that in 2011 there were almost 1,300 infections of cervical cancer in Canada, most of which were successfully diagnosed though almost 350 patients lost their lives. Majority of these deaths were of women who were never tested for the infection or the duration of their testing routine was longer than required. Guidelines published in Monday’s issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal describes pap tests to be the primary cervical cancer screening tool. These guidelines were published and studied by Dr. James Dickinson, who is a Calgary-based doctor chairing the task force on preventive health care’s cervical screening working group, along with his co-authors.
The post further elaborates that Pap test shows the cells that are collected from the cervix, which are then studied under a microscope to examine any abnormality caused from cancer precursors due to human papilloma virus (HPV) infection. The panel further compares the task force’s previous guidelines for doctors and policymakers from 1999, disclosing that most noticeable amendment is increase of the starting age to begin screening from 18 to 25, while emphasizing on women 30 to 69.
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