Georgian Health Officials on Cervical Cancer

By Rose Scott

Atlanta, GA – It's preventable and if it detected early enough curable .so why are African American, Hispanic and underinsured women still behind in getting diagnosed.
Emory School of medicine professor Dr. Lisa Flowers says there's a trend among the group:
((I see a lot of African American women and getting a pap here----done repeatly))

Dr. Flowers says having annual pap smears is important in tracking any signs of cancer:
((so we can catch the changes in the earliest forms and do the least possible treatment to manage the disease))

Dr. Flowers adds it's important that girls and women between the ages of 11 and 26 get the human papillomavirus or HPV vaccine that prevents the development of cervical cancer.