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Your Chance Of Gynecologic Cancer

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We track the major female reproductive cancers by a woman's lifetime risk of actually getting invasive disease
1/8: Brest Cancer
1/38 Endometrial (uterine lining) Cancer
1/70 Ovarian Cancer
1/135 Cervical Cancer
Interestingly, we do use screening tests to see if you have one of these cancers, but remember about 7% of the women getting pap smears in any year are abnormal, and the rate of call backs on mammograms is even a bit higher. This is a far greater rate than the rate of actual invasive disease that these tests would track
. So remember: if you get a call that your pap was abnormal, do follow your gyno's recommendations, but your chance of invasive disease, as you see, is still relatively remote.
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  1. UnknownDecember 14, 2012 at 11:46 PM

    Complex gynecological conditions encompass several serious diseases including cancer and it is pertinent to consider them jointly to diagnose and treat in a professional and knowledgeable manner. Delray Beach Gynecology

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