REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CANCER
CM-C Report 2-A-06
Subject: Policy Review
Presented by: Cynthia A. Jumper, MD, Chair
Referred to: Reference Committee on Science and Education
House of Delegates policies in the association's Policy Compendium are reviewed periodically for relevance and appropriateness. The Council on Scientific Affairs concurs with the committee's recommendation that Policy 330.008 be amended as follows:
330.008 Pap Smears: The Texas Medical Association supports programs to educate patients and physicians in the appropriate use of the Pap smear cervical cancer screening (Pap smear) as an effective and efficient cancer screening procedure (Resolution 29N, p198D, I-96).
Recommendation : Approve as mended.
TMA House of Delegates: TexMed 2006
Last Updated On
July 06, 2010
Originally Published On
March 23, 2010