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Swedish study confirmed the importance of Pap testing.
Among those who died by the tumor, three quarters did not take the
Regular gynecological examinations take the chances of surviving cancer of the cervix to 92%, indicates research published this week in the online edition of a major medical journals in the world, "British Medical Journal." The study is the first to assess the chances of survival of the tumor.
Doctors recommend that all sexually active women do the Pap smear at least once a year. In it, a small sample of the cervix is removed and taken for analysis. He is able to detect cancer in the region already in its early stages, before the onset of symptoms.
Scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, followed 1,230 women diagnosed with this type of tumor between 1999 and 2001.
Women who were tested regularly had a cure rate of 92%. Among those who were diagnosed only after the onset of symptoms, 66% were cured.
Of the 373 women who died from cancer, three quarters had no Pap tests regularly.
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