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Pap test being altered to spot more cancers

WASHINGTON -- For years, doctors have lamented that there's no Pap test for deadly ovarian cancer. Yesterday, scientists reported a tantalizing hint that, one day, there might be.

Researchers are trying to retool the Pap, a test for cervical cancer that millions get, so it could spot early signs of other gynecologic cancers, too.

How? It turns out that cells can flake off tumors in...

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