› Forums › General Melanoma Community › Pap smears and mammograms?
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- December 15, 2017 at 11:35 am
Just wondering that if you are having pet scans every three months if you still have to do the regular Pap smears and mammograms and other screening for other common cancers? I keep getting reminders but it’s hard to get up the energy for more tests thanks
Anne-Louise
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- December 16, 2017 at 1:57 am
Absolutely what the other posters have said, those tests are both designed as preventative care to catch anything very early if something were to arise. For paps, if you have always had regular paps then you can go every 3 years, you don't have to do those annually anymore if you don't want to. Insurance still covers if you do want to get a pap once a year though. We have to keep up with our regular annual things on top of our melanoma things, extra fun for us women. 🙂
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