Cervical Cancer (Screening)

Pap Smear Needed for All Sexually Active Girls

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 15th, 1999

Suburban and rural white girls in the New England region of the U.S. have "strikingly high" rates of cervical cell abnormalities, which can lead to cancer and often are caused by a sexually transmitted virus, a study has found.

"These data reinforce the importance of implementing early cervical Pap smear screening in the sexually active pediatric and adolescent populations," researchers led by Dr. Sharon M. Mount, University of Vermont, wrote in the March 1999 issue of Pediatrics.

The findings argue for early Pap smear screening of all sexually active girls, not just those who live in inner cities and belong to minority groups, where such rates have...

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