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  2. How Often Should You Get a Pap Smear? We Asked an OBGYN - AOL

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    What is a pap smear? This one is pretty straightforward: A pap s ... Regular pap testing is recommended because it greatly increases the chances that cervical cancer is caught earlier—and the ...

  3. Health panel recommends self-testing option for cervical ...

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    Alternatively, people between the ages of 30 and 65 can also undergo a Pap smear every three years or get a combined HPV and Pap test every five years, according to the recommendations.

  4. Pap Smears May No Longer Be Part of Your Gyno Visit

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    The task force has introduced a recommendation that women over the age of 30 test for high-risk human papilloma viruses (HPV) every five years rather than relying on pap smears to detect cervical ...

  5. Cervical screening - Wikipedia

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    Screening is recommended for women between ages 21 and 65, regardless of age at sexual initiation or other high-risk behaviors. [17] [18] [19] For healthy women aged 21–29 who have never had an abnormal Pap smear, cervical cancer screening with cervical cytology (Pap smear) should occur every 3 years, regardless of HPV vaccination status. [11]

  6. Pap test - Wikipedia

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    The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, also known as Pap smear (AE), [1] cervical smear (BE), cervical screening (BE), [2] or smear test (BE)) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially precancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix (opening of the uterus or womb) or, more rarely, anus (in both men and women). [3]

  7. Human papillomavirus infection - Wikipedia

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    Because of the link between HPV and cervical cancer, the ACS currently recommends early detection of cervical cancer in average-risk asymptomatic adults primarily with cervical cytology by Pap smear, regardless of HPV vaccination status. Women aged 30–65 should preferably be tested every 5 years with both the HPV test and the Pap test.

  8. Self-tests recommended for women ages 30 to 65 to ... - AOL

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    Draft recommendations announced Tuesday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force would mean women between 30 and 65 years old can forego dreaded Pap smears to detect HPV, the most common ...

  9. Cervical cancer - Wikipedia

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    Pap tests should be done every three years between the ages of 21 and 65. [83] In women over the age of 65, screening may be discontinued if no abnormal screening results were seen within the previous 10 years and no history of CIN2 or higher exists. [83] [84] [85] HPV vaccination status does not change screening rates. [84]