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Hi, I was just wondering about a smear test. My mam was diagnosed with breast cancer seventeen years ago and recently was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and I was just wondering if it is necessary for me to get a smear test I am 19 year old.
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If you are sexually inactive its high time that. Get vaccinated for hpv vaccine. Even if yu are sexually active. You can still get vaccinated as itsceffective. The dooner the better.
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The smear test is the Pap smear test, which is done for cervical cancer. If you are not sexually active there is no role of the Pap smear as of now. Instead you can take the cervical cancer vaccine which offers protection against cervical cancer. However on the other hand since your mother had both ovarian and breast cancer, you should get evaluated for brca mutation as the risk is higher.
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