Last week the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government-appointed panel of independent experts, advised against annual mammograms for women under 50 and also said women can even skip a year between examinations. Additionally, on Friday the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released new guidelines saying women don't need their first cervical cancer screening (Pap test) until they reach the age of 21. They went on to say women don't need follow-up examinations as often as previously recommended.
The new recommendations are controversial, as many women say early screening saved their lives – and they might not be alive today if they had followed the new guidelines.
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