Cervical cancer screening recommendations detailed

Oklahoma public health officials are recommending that all women should start to have regular annual Pap smears before they turn 21 or three years after their start sexually activity. After they turn 30, women need only have a Pap smear every three years if they have had 3 or more normal Pap smears in a row. Once women reach 70, they may cease having Pap smears if they have had 3 or more normal Pap smears and no abnormal results in the last decade. Pap smears can also be stopped in women who have had a total hysterectomy unless it was for cervical cancer or treatment of pre-cancerous stage. Annual Pap smears are also recommended in women with risk factors such as diethylstilbestrol exposure prior to birth, HIV infection, compromised immune system or chronic steroid use.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Pryor Daily Times

Related Disease Topics:

• Cervical cancer
• Toxic chemical exposure
• HIV

Article Source Details

About: Cervical cancer screening recommendations detailed

Date: 24 January 2005

Source: Pryor Daily Times

Author: Hope White

URL: http://pryordailytimes.com/articles/2005/01/24/news_content/community_news/news/living04.txt

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cancer
• Diagnosis
• Diagnosis and Pap smear
• Diagnosis and cancer
• Diagnosis and cervical cancer
• Diagnosis and HIV
• Medication
• Medication and cervical cancer
• Diagnosis and toxic chemical exposure
• Risk and HIV
• Risk and cervical cancer
• Risk and toxic chemical exposure
• Risk and steroid use
• Cause of cervical cancer
• Cause of cancer

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