RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cervical cancer screening: Less testing, smarter testing
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 737
OP 747
DO 10.3949/ccjm.78a.11033
VO 78
IS 11
A1 Xian Wen Jin
A1 Andrea Sikon
A1 Belinda Yen-Lieberman
YR 2011
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/11/737.abstract
AB In its 2009 recommendations for cervical cancer screening, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) calls for less-frequent but smarter screening that integrates testing for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection with the Papanicolaou (Pap) test. We review the recommendations from this and other organizations and how and why they are evolving.