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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My GYN office also calls every year to schedule an annual exam, even though I have never had an abnormal PAP. I have just been going there instead of a PCP but I think the PAP is excessive.[/quote] Agree that's excessive, especially with no abnormal PAP (I have had a few abnormal PAPs over the last 20 years but no HPV and all follow ups clear, and my doc recommends every 3 years for me). I think in the last few years there is greater awareness of problems associated with over-screening. They've reduced the mammogram recommendation (and raised the age for annual mammograms unless you have family history) and I've even seen a recommendation that you could reduce PAPs to every 5 instead of every 3 if no family history or other risk factors. [/quote]
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