Cervical Cancer Early Detection

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Cervical Cancer Early Detection

Cervical Cancer Early Detection. Early detection of cervical cancer done routinely undergo regular Pap smear tests. Here is a GUIDE early detection (screening) of cervical cancer do :

1. Cervical cancer screening should begin at age 21 years. Screening before age 21 should be avoided because it may increase the risk.
   
2. Pap Smear Test is recommended every 2 years for women aged 21-29 years.
   
3. Women aged 30 years and older who have three times (3x) consecutive test results of her Pap smear negative and with no history of CIN 2 or CIN 3, are not HIV-infected, do not have a problem with the immune system, and are not affected diethylstilbestrol in utero, can extend the interval between Pap tests to every 3 years.
   
4. Method of conventional Pap smear or liquid-based cytology, can be used in women who have undergone a total hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus), for benign uterine tumors and did not have a history of high-grade CIN, routine Pap tests should be stopped.
   
5. The combination of Pap smear test to HPV DNA test is the appropriate screening for women aged older than 30 years. Each low-risk women, aged 30 years or more, and who receive a negative test result on the above second screening, should be screened again, but no sooner than 3 years later.
   
6. Because cervical cancer develops slowly and risk factors decrease with age, it is reasonable to discontinue cervical cancer screening in women aged between 65-70 years, who have three or more negative Pap test results in a row and no Pap test results abnormal smear in the last 10 years.
   
7. Women who in the past have 2/CIN treatment for CIN 3, or cervical cancer remain at risk of cervical cancer for at least 20 years after treatment and after a period of initial observation, and should continue to have annual screening for at least the next 20 years.
   
8. Women who have received immunization for the virus HPV-16 and HPV-18, still have a cervical cancer screening test as above.

Taken from (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) for 2010.