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• All women should begin cervical cancer within three years of becoming sexually active or by age 21. Screenings should be done once a year if the conventional Pap test technique is used, and every two years if the newer liquid Pap test technique is used.
• At age 30, women who have had three Pap tests in a row with normal results may be screened every two to three years. However, women with the following risk factors should continue to have a Pap test each year: that may dictate that Pap tests be continued once a year:
  • infection with a cancer-causing form of human papillomavirus (HPV)
  • infection with AIDS virus
  • chlamydia infection
  • exposure in utero to DES, a synthetic estrogen-like drug
  • a personal or family history of cervical cancer
  • women who have an increased cancer risk because of certain conditions such as smoking
  • poor nutrition
  • a weakened immune system or treatment with an immune suppressing medication.
• Women over 30 may also want to consider having a Pap test every three years (but not more frequently) with either the conventional or liquid-based Pap test, plus the HPV DNA test.
• Women age 70 and older who have had three or more normal Pap tests in a row and no abnormal test in the last 10 years may choose to stop having cervical cancer screening, though women with the risk factors listed above should continue to have Pap tests.
• Women who have had a total hysterectomy (removal of the uterus and cervix) may also choose to stop having cervical cancer screening, unless the hysterectomy was done for cervical cancer- or pre-cancer-related reasons. If the hysterectomy was done to treat cervical cancer, more frequent Pap screenings may be recommended.
• Women who have had a hysterectomy in which the cervix was not removed should follow the guidelines above.

Source: National Women's Health Resource Center Inc.

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HPV - Pictures - Informative Links

• Healthy Women : Information on treatment, prevention, and diagnosis of HPV, along with facts to know, questions to ask, and lifestyle tips.
  
• Henry Kaiser Family Foundation : HPV Fact Sheet
  
• National Institutes of Health : HPV and genital Fact Sheet and general information
  
• CDC : 2002 Treatment Guidelines - HPV