3 Things You Should Know about PAP Smears and Cervical Cancer

The harsh truth about cancer is that ignoring it doesn’t make it go away. And when it’s ignored, it can also advance to a point where treatment no longer helps.

That’s exactly the case in the Netflix drama “Dead to Me” – spoiler alert – in which one of the main characters must face her mortality after her cervical cancer went undiagnosed and advanced to a lethal stage.

It may be a fictional storyline, but it shines a light on the importance of regular screening, says Amanda Ramos, MD, a gynecologic oncologist with the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute.

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