Posts Tagged ‘cervical cancer’
CERVICAL SCREENING AWARENESS WEEK (9 – 15 June 2013): BASIC INFO ON PREVENTION
Jun 10 2013- Monica Costa
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Women aged 25 to 49 are invited to attend for cervical screening every three years; those aged 50 to 64 are invited every five years. Recent figures have shown that 20% of women still do not attend their cervical screen. A cervical screening test or as it is more commonly known, a smear test, is a method of detecting abnormal (pre-cancerous) cells in the cervix in order to help prevent cervical cancer.
