Individuals with a cervix are now recommended to start cervical cancers screening at 25 and continue through age 65, with HPV testing every five years as the preferred method of testing, according to a new guideline released by the American Cancer Society
Individuals with a cervix are now recommended to start cervical cancers screening at 25 and continue through age 65, with the primary human papillomavirus testing every five years as the preferred method of testing, according to a new guideline released Thursday by the American Cancer Society.
To lower your cancer risk, move more and skip the cocktails and steaks, guidelines sayThe cervical cancer screening recommendations say that HPV testing in combination with a Pap test -- also known as co-testing-- every five years or a Pap test alone every three years are still acceptable options as not all laboratories have transitioned to the primary HPV testing. The updated guideline appears in the ACS's journal CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinician.
All ACS guidelines on cancer screening are created by a group of 11 clinicians and population health care professionals as well as one patient advocate.Dr. Alexi Wright, director of gynecologic oncology and outcomes research at Dana-Farber Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, said ACS's screening guidelines"are an important step in defining who should be screened --and how-- to improve outcomes.
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