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Re: Sexual abuse was Spanking babies From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu) Sun Feb 26 07:12:28 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Larry Glazerman: "Cervical screening, WAS: Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" Previous message: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" In reply to: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" Next in thread: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" Hmmmm. I still remember taking care of a 25-year-old woman who was dying of metastatic cervical cancer when I was a med student. 25 seems kinda late to start paps if one starts having sex very young (i.e.12-15 yrs old) -- Anna Meenan, MD At Sun, 26 Feb 2006, GA12L@aol.com wrote: > >In a message dated 26/02/2006 13:01:54 GMT Standard Time, LCLEMOS@aol.com >writes: > >even if sexually active? > >Not even then. Cervical cancer is rare in women under 20. Teenagers' >bodies, particularly the cervix, are still developing, which means young women may >get an abnormal smear result when there is nothing wrong. This could lead to >unnecessary treatment so screening young women might do more harm than good. >Under the age of 25 years, invasive cancer is extremely rare, but changes in >the cervix are common. Although lesions treated in very young women may >prevent cancers from developing many years later, the evidence* suggests that >screening could start at age 25. Lesions that are destined to progress will >still be screen-detectable and those that would regress will no longer be a >source of anxiety. Younger women will not have to undergo unnecessary >investigations and treatments. >Gail >*P Sasieni, J Adams and J Cuzick, Benefits of cervical screening at different > ages: evidence from the UK audit of screening histories, British Journal of >Cancer, July 2003 Next message: Larry Glazerman: "Cervical screening, WAS: Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" Previous message: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" In reply to: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" Next in thread: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: Sexual abuse was Spanking babies"

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