The biggest change: Women ages 30 to 65 should get an HPV test every five years instead of a Pap smear every three years. Pap ...

The Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is commonly used to screen for cervical cancer and since its introduction in organized screening programmes in resource-rich countries it has been successful in ...

The American Medical Association began recommending the Pap smear in 1960. UVA Today reached out to Dr. Carrie Sopata, a gynecologist at UVA Health and an associate professor of obstetrics and ...

The biggest change: Women ages 30 to 65 should get an HPV test every five years instead of a Pap smear every three years. Pap smears, HPV testing, and co-tests of both are all still effective ...