The cervical smear. A simple test can save a woman's life.
Every year more than 2,000 women die from cervical cancer, at least 30% of those have never had a smear test, more than 80 out of 100 women who are treated are completely cured. A test which involves a doctor taking a sample from the neck of the womb (cervix), a smear test, can detect if there are any abnormalities of the cervix which might develop into cancer. A test which if positive does not always mean cancer. A test which every sexually active woman requires from the age of 16-64. A test which is needed at least every three years of a woman's life.
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