Mar
12
2009
Dying from cervical cancer, and the questions surrounding Jade Goody
Jade Goody is 27-year old British reality TV star who is dying from cervical cancer.
As part of an ongoing reality show, her last days will be filmed and broadcast.
In this day and age of the Pap smear, cervical cancer should be all but eradicated. And Ms. Goody did have Pap smears. Several, in fact. However, as gynecologist Margaret Polaneczky observes, she ignored letters to come in for followup and treatment.
