Canada is now moving away from using Pap smears to screen for cervical cancer screening in favour of HPV, which is more effective and can be done at home.
For people who have undergone sexual trauma or experienced discrimination in a doctor's office, putting their feet into stirrups for a pelvic exam is likely even worse. Some relief could be coming as Canada moves away from Pap smears for cervical cancer screening in favour of testing for the human papillomavirus ( HPV ), which causes the vast majority of cervical cancers.
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