Doctors’ assumptions on sex heighten lesbians’ cervical cancer risk

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Reuters, Tue Feb 10, 2015 7:27pm EST

Lesbians may be at higher risk of cervical cancer because they get fewer screenings than heterosexual women, due partly to doctors’ sometimes incorrect assumptions about their sexual history, University of Washington researchers said on Tuesday.

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By J Pope

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