Third of under-30s in Wales snub cervical smear tests
Maria Dullaghan was 25 when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2010.
Miss Dullaghan had her first smear test at 21 and three years later a letter arrived telling her the next one was due. "Then in the summer of 2010 I had some cramping and bleeding. It took a few weeks for it to all hit me."Go have it done, it's free and less painful than a bikini wax. It's five minutes every three years and can save your life."
The HPV tests are carried out, even though there has been a vaccination programme for all secondary school-aged girls has been in place since 2008.
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