Is Age 25 Too Late To Start Cervical Cancer Screening?

A recent research by the Society of Gynecologic Oncology and the Society of Canadian Colposcopists has claimed that age 25 is perhaps too late to start identifying cervical cancer. It has been said in the SOGC report that there are fair chances that before pap testing is started, precancerous and cancerous lesions have started developing already.

They have apparently suggested that women must start cervical cancer screening at the age of 21 instead and must start going through it every two to three years.

However, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has unveiled national guidelines in early January, has suggested women to put a gap of three years between screenings, and it must go on till the age of 69.? Though women have been told to go for annual Pap smears, the interval between the screenings has been extended in recent years in some countries.

It has further been shared by Dr. Jennifer Blake, CEO of SOGC, that by identifying lesions in young girls prematurely, such abnormal cells can be removed in the biopsy itself. However, if things get worse, and treatment is the only option then, a large part of an otherwise healthy cervix had to be removed, which affects woman's fertility.

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Source: http://topnews.net.nz/content/226407-age-25-too-late-start-cervical-cancer-screening

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