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Women can delay having their first Pap test for cervical cancer until they turn 21 and many can wait longer to go back for follow-up screenings, according to new guidelines being released today by a major medical group.

Just days after a federal task force changed its recommendations for mammograms, there is new advice for pap smears.

Just days after a task force called for women to have fewer mammograms, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist is recommending women have fewer Pap tests to screen for cervical cancer.

Republicans are seizing on last week's recommendations from different groups for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care - and to try to chip away at support by women for President Obama's proposed health-care overhaul.

A leading medical group added new fuel to a budding health care controversy on Friday by recommending that women delay their first cervical-cancer screening until age 21 instead of starting the test three years after becoming sexually active Continues... Say, didn't a certain someone mention 'Death Panels'? The "U.S. Preventive Services Task Force" ...

New medical guidelines are calling for fewer Pap smears for most women in their 20s.

With cancer screenings, more is always better. At least that's what people have been told for years - get mammograms, Pap smears, colonoscopies and prostate tests as early and often as possible to catch cancer before it spreads.

Previously women were recommended that they should have their first PAP test when they reached their eighteenth birthday; and even earlier if they were sexually active before then.

More than 10,000 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer this year, and 3,700 women will die from the disease.

A WIDOWER has been awarded a six-figure sum in damages after he successfully sued a hospital trust over the death of his wife.

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:17 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:17 a.m. This week, the science of medicine bumped up against the foundations of American medical consumerism: that more is better, that saving a life is worth any sacrifice, that health care is a birthright.

For the second time in a week, medical experts are revising the advice given women on cancer screenings.

Updated recommendations on cervical pap smears.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says scaling back the schedule for pap tests will minimize unnecessary and potentially harmful procedures.

Days after controversy erupted over new breast cancer screening guidelines, a US health group has said women should wait longer to get their first cervical cancer test.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin early Friday morning greeted news that renewed guidelines scale back screenings for cervical cancer by asking if bureaucratic panels were already rationing care.

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:11 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:11 a.m. New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and be screened less often than recommended in the past.

Women can delay having their first Pap test for cervical cancer until they turn 21 and many can wait longer to go back for follow-up screenings, according to new guidelines released today by a major medical group.

Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.