A Pap smear takes about a minute, and it’s one of the most effective cancer-prevention tools in modern medicine. It doesn’t just catch cervical cancer early. It catches the cell changes that come years before cancer, when they’re easy to monitor or treat, which is why regular screening has dramatically reduced cervical cancer deaths. If […]
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A lot of people use “pelvic exam” and “Pap smear” as if they’re the same thing, and they often happen at the same visit, but they’re actually two different things. A pelvic exam is a physical check of your reproductive organs. A Pap smear is a lab test for cervical cell changes. Knowing what a […]
