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Cancer screening: A 10-minute test that can save your life

Woman getting screened for cancer [Courtesy]

When Ann* walked into a health centre’s diagnostics building, it was with a silent prayer and a tight chest.

Two weeks prior she had made time during her lunch break to see a doctor about the excessive bleeding and peculiar pelvic pain she was experiencing. The doctor sent her away with an order to do some particular diagnostic tests.

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