Efforts to improve terminology for reporting results of cervical cytology and to develop more effective algorithms for cancer diagnosis and treatment of women with abnormal Pap smears were ...

The updated Pap smear guidelines also warn against screening women younger than 21, as well as older than 65 who have had adequate prior screenings. It’s important to note the guidelines are ...

The first shipment of FDA-approved cervical screening self-tests has gone out with hopes they will help prevent cervical ...

We found that Pap smear screening is common even among elderly women. Most importantly, while it has been more than a decade since most professional societies revised their recommendations for Pap ...

It’s a very specific test.” Generally speaking, you should start getting regular Pap smears at age 21, according to ACOG’s ...

A pap smear (or pap test) is a screening for cervical cancer. It involves taking cells from the cervix and vagina and examining them under a microscope. The test is looking for cervical ...

Pap smears are usually performed during routine gynecological care, along with a breast exam and overall well-being check.

Victims of sexual trauma where the idea of the Pap test is re-traumatizing ... start getting Pap smears at 21 and should be screened regularly after, according to recommendations from the ...

"Screening guidelines are based on age," says Guster. Usually, a woman doesn't get her first pap smear until she turns 21 years old. That's in part because most women younger than 21 have a low ...

said under the guidelines of the American Cancer Society, HPV tests are the recommended first tests to do for screening, due ...