Topic: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
AP Features | 2009-11-20 20:25:12
<div><p>Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.</p><p>The U.S. Preventive Services ...
AP News | 2009-11-20 17:28:48
<div id="subtitle">Guidelines say less frequent Paps OK to detect cervical cancer - every 2 years for under-30</div><div><p>First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears.</p><p>New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-11-20 15:10:30
<div><p>Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, the leading US group of women's health care professionals said Friday, also recommending less frequent subsequent tests.</p><p>Pushing back the age of the first screening would help avoid giving teen girls unnecessary treatment, which can ...
AFP American Edition | 2009-11-20 15:10:23
<div><p>Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, the leading US group of women's health care professionals said Friday, also recommending less frequent subsequent tests.</p><p>Pushing back the age of the first screening would help avoid giving teen girls unnecessary treatment, which can ...
