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I'm not a woman, but I wonder how necessary pap smears (one of the most invasive procedures to which women are routinely subjected) are if everyone's vaccinated
by mkfs 1y ago
I'm not a woman, but I wonder how necessary pap smears (one of the most invasive procedures to which women are routinely subjected) are if everyone's vaccinated against HPV? https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/cervical-cancer-screening-tests-often-overused-study-finds https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/cervical-cancer-screenin...
- giantg2 1y agoIt looks like your sibling post has a link from WHO showing screening will be a continued effort.
- ejstronge 1y ago> I'm not a woman, but I wonder how necessary pap smears (one of them most invasive procedures to which women are subjected) are if everyone's vaccinated against HPV? https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/cervical-cancer-screenin https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/cervical-cancer-screenin... It will continue to be necessary because there are more strains of HPV than those that are targeted by vaccines. The way this article is broken into sections is a bit misleading - the recommendation for cervical cancer hasn't been annual screening for a long time. This is acknowledged in the text, but even there is unclear.