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Cervical cancer: Annual pap tests are no longer recommended for women

Today’s recommendations say Pap tests do not begin until the age of 21. The U.S. Preventative Task Force recommends that women 30-65 get Pap tests every three years. PEORIA  Although it s been about nine years since a hard-and-fast women’s health recommendation changed, a lot of women are still confused about it. Doctors are no longer doing yearly Pap tests to screen for cervical cancer. Instead, they are following recommendations based on the patient’s age and health status. Planned Parenthood in Peoria has seen a lot of confusion about the new recommendations. “We still get people who come in and say that their gynecologist told them they need to get it every year,” said Carrie Horack, women’s health nurse practitioner and downstate lead clinician at Planned Parenthood in Peoria. “And we even see people who still think they should start screening earlier, that their moms have told them, ‘You are sexually active, you need to start getting a Pap.’ There

Survivor urges people not to postpone cancer screenings during pandemic

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month - KNBN NewsCenter1

KNBN NewsCenter1 March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month In the United States, colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men and in women. And while there is no cure, it is one of few cancers that can be prevented with timely screening.  March 10, 2021 RAPID CITY, S.D. The current recommendation from the American Cancer Society and the United States Preventive Services Task force is for healthy people with no signs or symptoms and no family history of colon cancer is to begin screening at age 45 with a colonoscopy. Dr. Nathan Jaqua, MD, Gastroenterologist at the Rapid City Medical Center, says,  “It is really the gold standard, it not only detects it, but it treats it at the same time. We take out the polyp as soon as we see it and spare you surgery or chemotherapy or complications in the future.”

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