{"id":2000,"date":"2024-12-05T05:21:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T05:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suburban-blog.abymtech.com\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2025-03-05T06:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T06:40:07","slug":"cervical-cancer-screening-is-essential-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/cervical-cancer-screening-is-essential-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Cervical Cancer Screening is Essential for Women?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2011\" src=\"https:\/\/suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women-300x180.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1485\" height=\"196\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India sees more than 1 lakh new cases of cervical cancer every year.*<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cancer of the cervix (a part of the uterus) is a major health concern for women. This cancer is caused by a virus &#8211; the <b>human papillomavirus (HPV)<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>SCREENING FOR CERVICAL CANCER<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 3 major modalities for cervical cancer screening:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>HPV DNA testing<\/li>\n<li>Cytology (also known as PAP smear)<\/li>\n<li>Co-testing (this is a combination of HPV testing and cytology)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are also 2 types of cytology testing:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Conventional PAP smear<\/li>\n<li>Liquid-based cytology (LBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the two, <b>liquid-based cytology is superior to conventional PAP smear.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>CERVICAL SCREENING GUIDELINES BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GYNECOLOGISTS<\/b><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Age<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Modality of screening<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Recommended screening interval<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\"><b>21 to 29 years<\/b><\/td>\n<td>HPV DNA testing<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">Not recommended in this age group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Co-testing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cytology<\/td>\n<td>Every 3 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\"><b>30 to 65 years<\/b><\/td>\n<td>HPV DNA testing<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">Every 5 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Co-testing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cytology<\/td>\n<td>Every 3 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>After the age of 65 years:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\">When to test-\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">If you have not had any screening done before the age of 65 years.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">If you are immunocompromised.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">If you have a history of cervical cancer or high-grade precancerous lesion in the past.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">When not to test-\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">If you have an adequate negative screening history (at least 2 consecutive co-testing screenings or 3 consecutive negative cytology screenings in the past 10 years).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>HPV VACCINATIONS<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vaccines against HPV are also available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though the recommended age for vaccination <b>is less than 14 years<\/b>, the vaccine can be given to women up to the age of 26 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Women, who have been vaccinated, are still recommended periodic screening.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>WITH TIMELY TESTING AND ADEQUATE VACCINATION, WE CAN MAKE INDIA CERVICAL CANCER-FREE!<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">**ICO\/IARC information centre on HPV and cancer (HPV information centre). <i>India Human papillomavirus and related cancers, fact sheet 2021.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India sees more than 1 lakh new cases of cervical cancer every year.* Cancer of the cervix (a part of the uterus) is a major health concern for women. This cancer is caused by a virus &#8211; the human papillomavirus (HPV). SCREENING FOR CERVICAL CANCER There are 3 major modalities for cervical cancer screening: HPV<span class=\"post-excerpt-end\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/cervical-cancer-screening-is-essential-for-women\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"full":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women.webp",1000,600,false]},"categories_names":{"4":{"name":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/general\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women.webp",1000,600,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women.webp",1000,600,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women.webp",1000,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women-300x180.webp",300,180,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women.webp",1000,600,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women.webp",1000,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women.webp",1000,600,false],"shuttle-column1-1\/3":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women-1000x380.webp",1000,380,true],"shuttle-column1-1\/4":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women-1000x285.webp",1000,285,true],"shuttle-column2-1\/2":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women-570x285.webp",570,285,true],"shuttle-column2-2\/3":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women-570x380.webp",570,380,true],"shuttle-column3-1\/3":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women-380x107.webp",380,107,true],"shuttle-column3-2\/3":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women-380x254.webp",380,254,true],"shuttle-column4-2\/3":["https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Why-Cervical-Cancer-Screening-is-Essential-for-Women-285x190.webp",285,190,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Suburban","author_link":"https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/author\/suburban\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/general\/\" rel=\"category tag\">General<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"India sees more than 1 lakh new cases of cervical cancer every year.* Cancer of the cervix (a part of the uterus) is a major health concern for women. 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