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Cervical Cancer Screening

American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology

• A.S.C.C.P. Home Page
• Activities, Educational materials, cervical cancer screening clinical guidelines, and future meetings

USPSTF Best Practices - Cervical Cancer Screening

• Word Doc

HPV Vaccine

• CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends new vaccine to girls and young women.
• HPV Vaccine - Information for Healthcare Providers
• HPV Vaccine - Questions and Answers

Increasing Pap Screenings

• CDC data indicates that if a physician recommends a Pap screening, women are more likely to undergo the test.

HPV Testing and Cervical Cancer Screening

• A "Dear Colleague" letter in light of the recent consumer marketing campaign for an HPV DNA test, noting that no professional organizations have changed Pap test recommendations.

N.C.I. Bethesda System 2001

• Post-workshop recommendations may be downloaded. A table of FINAL Bethesda 2001 Terminology reflects these recommendations

Researchers explore the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening

• Three studies supported by the A.H.R.Q., examine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening tests

USPSTF Screening Recommendations

• Cervical Cancer

NCI Cervical Health Information: NCI's Publication Locator Web site for Cervical Cancer Materials

• Updated Cervical Cancer Materials (July 2004)

What does the CDC breast and cervical cancer screening program have to offer?

• CDC offers a large National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (Posted February 2002)

Incidence of Pap Test Abnormalities Within 3 Years of a Normal Pap Test - United States, 1991-1998.

• See the MMWR article on-line
  

HPV testing should be added to cervical cancer screening of HIV-positive women

• Published by Kenneth A. Goldie and others in American Journal of Medicine August 1, 2001

E-mail reminder service: MyHealthTestReminder.com

• The College of American Pathologists offers reminders that go out automatically to patients.

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