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A review of 10 years of national data indicates that clinicians have been performing unnecessary Pap tests for cervical cancer screening in certain groups of women: those who have undergone hysterectomies and those older than age 65 with no cervical cancer history.

Cervical cancer screens overused in some groups

A review of 10 years of national data indicates that clinicians have been performing unnecessary Pap tests for cervical cancer screening in certain groups of women: those who have undergone hysterectomies and those older than age 65 with no cervical cancer history.