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Pap Test for Cervical Cancer Can Be Done Every Three Years, Journal Says.

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| October 16, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Ronald Kotulak

Oct. 16--The Pap test for cervical cancer, the nation's most commonly used cancer-screening test, can be done every three years instead of annually if a woman has no previous negative findings, according to an article in Wednesday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

The findings are sure to intensify the growing debate over Pap tests, which have a significant problem with false positives -- misidentifying normal tissue as abnormal -- that leads many women to have unnecessary repeat tests, colposcopy exams and biopsies of cervical tissue.

The American Cancer Society and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists already issued new guidelines advising women who have not previously been at risk for cervical cancer that it is safe to have Pap tests every three years.

Experts say it's likely health insurance…

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