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    This document provides guidelines for cervical cancer screening: - Women ages 21-29 should get a Pap smear once every 3 years. Women ages 30-65 should get a Pap smear once every 3 years or a liquid-based Pap test once every 5 years. - Screening may be stopped after age 65 for women with adequate prior negative screening results. - Risk factors that may require more frequent screening include early sexual activity, multiple sexual partners, history of STDs, family history of cervical cancer, and smoking.

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    This document provides guidelines for cervical cancer screening: - Women ages 21-29 should get a Pap smear once every 3 years. Women ages 30-65 should get a Pap smear once every 3 years or a liquid-based Pap test once every 5 years. - Screening may be stopped after age 65 for women with adequate prior negative screening results. - Risk factors that may require more frequent screening include early sexual activity, multiple sexual partners, history of STDs, family history of cervical cancer, and smoking.

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    This document provides guidelines for cervical cancer screening: - Women ages 21-29 should get a Pap smear once every 3 years. Women ages 30-65 should get a Pap smear once every 3 years or a liquid-based Pap test once every 5 years. - Screening may be stopped after age 65 for women with adequate prior negative screening results. - Risk factors that may require more frequent screening include early sexual activity, multiple sexual partners, history of STDs, family history of cervical cancer, and smoking.

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    Pap Smear - Indications &technique

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    This document provides guidelines for cervical cancer screening: - Women ages 21-29 should get a Pap smear once every 3 years. Women ages 30-65 should get a Pap smear once every 3 years or a liquid-based Pap test once every 5 years. - Screening may be stopped after age 65 for women with adequate prior negative screening results. - Risk factors that may require more frequent screening include early sexual activity, multiple sexual partners, history of STDs, family history of cervical cancer, and smoking.

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    Once a year using the regular

    Pap smear or every two years


    using the liquid-based Pap test

    Every two to three years if you've


    had three normal Pap smears in
    a row.

    You may stop having Pap


    smears if you've had normal
    results three tests in a row and
    you've had normal Pap smears
    over the past 10 years.
    • EARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY
    • MULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERS
    • PAST H/O SEXUALY TRANSMITTED
    DISEASE
    • FAMILY H/O CERVICAL CANCER
    • HIV INFECTION,HPV&HSV TYPE-II
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    • OCP FOR MORE THAN 5 YRS
    • EXPOSURE TO DES B4 BIRTH
    • WEEKENED IMMUNITY DUE TO ORGAN
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