January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. It’s the perfect reminder for women to get their annual pap smears that can detect cancer.
One year ago, Kelly Ardoin had her regular pap smear checkup. In that exam, abnormal cells were found. Those cells turned out to be adenocarcinoma, a type of cancer found in the uterus. Ardoin was recommended to a gynecologist, which is where she met Dr. Michael Finan at Singing River Cancer Clinic in Pascagoula. “When they say the word cancer, that’s scary because you do think about your family. I have three small children and you…