Would an early pap smear have saved the situation? Ann is every woman or at least 95 per cent of women in developing countries who don’t go for cancer screening or pap smear until it is too late. The World Health Organisation recommends that every woman should get a cervical cancer screening at age 25, and thereafter a pap-smear every three years. A pap smear will take only a few minutes, and in public hospitals, it is free. This is done before they become sexually active because the Human Papilloma Virus, the agent that causes the cancer, is sexually transmitted.

Source: Standard Digital May 24, 2021 21:00 UTC