At what age should women start thinking about, you know, gynecological exams and pap smears and all that stuff?

- Great question, so we can start with HPV prevention, which is the cause of most cervical cancers, a lot of vulvar cancers, and several other cancers, like head and neck and anal cancer.

And vaccination can be eligible for kids as young as age nine, and it's a two- to three-shot series, depending on how early that shot series is started.

We don't typically recommend pelvic exams or pap testing until age 21 because it's a virus, and folks who have a healthy immune system, like young people under age 21, usually doesn't show or cause a problem until after that age.

And then from another prevention standpoint, so ovary and fallopian tube cancers, almost a quarter or maybe even over a quarter of those cancers are related to a hereditary cancer problem.

So if somebody in the family has history of ovary cancer or history of breast or pancreatic cancers, all those are genetically linked cancers, so I would encourage folks to ask their primary care doctor if they're eligible for genetic testing.

Or find out, you know, from their gynecologist if they're eligible for genetic testing, 'cause folks who have a gene mutation who have a higher than average risk for those types of cancers can be eligible for more screening.

From a breast cancer standpoint, mammograms, MRI.

And then from a gynecologic cancer, removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes after childbearing or closer to that natural age of menopause.