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Cervical Screening<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The Cervical Screening test (smear test) is designed to check your cervix (neck of the womb) for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). HPV causes 99% of all cervical cancers.<\/strong>

Cervical screening can stop cervical cancer before it starts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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