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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., center, flanked by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., left, and Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday to discuss the new mammogram guidelines.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., center, flanked by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., left, and Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday to discuss the new mammogram guidelines.

Another day, another dose of cancer screening advice

The week started with a major medical panel announcing that we get too many mammograms. Now another group says we're overdoing the Pap tests. What do these new guidelines mean for women, doctors, insurance companies and policy makers?

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