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PHILADELPHIA — Among women with systemic lupus erythematosus, just 3.7% are vaccinated for HPV, while nearly 30% demonstrate HPV infection, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2022.

Healio Primary Care has compiled a list of the most popular stories on women’s health in 2020, leading with a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that found most Pap tests and pelvic exams in women aged 15 to 20 years may have been unnecessary.

Millions of women aged 15 to 20 years old in the United States may have received unnecessary Pap tests or bimanual pelvic exams in recent years, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Mailing HPV testing kits to women who were overdue for recommended Pap testing led to 50% more cervical cancer screenings but they did not increase the detection of cervical precancer, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

CDC data showed that most of the estimated 34,800 cancers yearly attributed to HPV annually between 2012 and 2016 could have been prevented if the patient had received the 9-valent HPV vaccine.