Cervical Cancer
On This Site
Tests: Pap smear, HPV
Screening: Cervical cancer (ages 13-18), (ages 19-29), (ages 30-49), (ages 50 and up)
In the News: Approval of new HPV DNA tests prompts update to guidelines for appropriate use (2009), Rapid Test for Cervical Cancer Virus Aimed at Developing Countries (2008), Should HPV Tests Replace Pap Smears? (2007)
Elsewhere On The Web
Personal Pap Smear Scheduling Reminder
National Cancer Institute: What you need to know about cancer of the cervix
American Cancer Society: All About Cervical Cancer
National Cervical Cancer Coalition
CancerLinks
ASCCP: Consensus Guidelines
NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.
Sources Used in Current Review
(April 16, 2008) American Cancer Society. Cervical Cancer Overview: How many women get cervical cancer? Available online at http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_1X_How_many_women_get_cancer_of_the_cervix_8.asp?sitearea= through http://www.cancer.org. Accessed July 2008.
National Cancer Institute. Cancer Advances in Focus, Cervical Cancer. Available online at http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/doc.aspx?viewid=CA5EF6E5-F688-4D1C-A64E-E999866BA508 through http://www.cancer.gov. Accessed June 2008.
National Cancer Institute. What You Need to Know About Cancer of the Cervix: Risk Factors. Available online at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/cervix/page5 through http://www.cancer.gov. Accessed June 2008.
National Cancer Institute. What You Need to Know About Cancer of the Cervix: Screening. Available online at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/cervix/page6 through http://www.cancer.gov. Accessed June 2008.
National Cancer Institute. What You Need to Know About Cancer of the Cervix: Diagnosis. Available online at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/cervix/page8 through http://www.cancer.gov. Accessed June 2008.
(March 26, 2008) American Cancer Society. Detailed Guide: Cervical Cancer, Can Cervical Cancer Be Prevented? Available online at http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_2X_Can_cervical_cancer_be_prevented_8.asp?sitearea= through http://www.cancer.org. Accessed June 2008.
Montalto, N (January 2008). New Evidence-Based Screening Guidelines for Pap Tests. ACOG, Healthy Woman 2008. Available online at http://www.acog.org/acog_districts/dist_notice.cfm?recno=1&bulletin=2496 through http://www.acog.org. Accessed July 2008.
(June 6, 2006) US Food and Drug Administration. FDA Licenses New Vaccine for Prevention of Cervical Cancer and Other Diseases in Females Caused by Human Papillomavirus. FDA News. Available online at http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01385.html through http://www.fda.gov. Accessed July 2008.
(November 21, 2007) Zeller J, Lynm C, Glass R. Carcinoma of the Cervix. JAMA. 2007;298(19):2336. PDF available for download at http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/298/19/2336.pdf through http://jama.ama-assn.org. Accessed July 2008.
(Reviewed/updated April 2008) American Academy of Family Physicians. Pap Smears. Available online at http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/women/reproductive/gynecologic/138.html through http://familydoctor.org. Accessed July 2008.
Sources Used in Previous Reviews
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Pagana, Kathleen D. & Pagana, Timothy J. (2001). Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference 5th Edition: Mosby, Inc., Saint Louis, MO.
(2002 January 22, Updated). What you need to know about Cancer of the Cervix. National Cancer Institute [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/doc_wyntk.aspx?viewid=1529727f-0309-4f59-aa5f-a17a761f10d9 through http://www.cancer.gov.
(2000 February 4). Cervical Cancer. Cervical Cancer Detailed Guide. American Cancer Society [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cancer.org/eprise/main/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_7x_CRC_Cervical_Cancer_PDF through http://www.cancer.org.
CDC (2002). Cervical Cancer and Pap Test Information. The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp/info-cc.htm through http://www.cdc.gov.
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(2004 Copyright). Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). American Cancer Society [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_6x_human_papilloma_virus_hpv.asp?sitearea=cri through http://www.cancer.org.
Bren, L. (2004 January February). Cervical Cancer Screening. FDA Consumer Magazine [On-line article]. Available online at http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2004/104_cancer.html through http://www.fda.gov.
(2004 Copyright). Human Papillomavirus (HPV). ARUP's Guide to Clinical Laboratory Testing [On-line testing information]. Available online at http://www.arup-lab.com/guides/clt/tests/clt_302a.jsp#3465668 through http://www.arup-lab.com.
(2004 May 4). Revised Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Require Reeducation of Women and Physicians. ACOG [On-line news release]. Available online at http://www.acog.org/from_home/publications/press_releases/nr05-04-04-1.cfm?printerFriendly=yes through http://www.acog.org.
(2004 Copyright). The High-Risk HPV Test: A Breakthrough in Cervical Cancer Screening. The HPVtest.com [On-line information from Digene Corportaion]. Available online at http://www.thehpvtest.com/factsheet.html through http://www.thehpvtest.com.
