Cervical screening: why young women should be encouraged to be screened

Cervical screening: why young women should be encouraged to be screened.

BACKGROUND The English National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP) recommendation not to offer cervical screening to women aged 20-24 years is considered in the context of national rates of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN3) and invasive cervical carcinoma, falling screening coverage in young women, detection of screen-detected invasive cancers and risks of exci...

Why lesbians should be encouraged to have regular cervical screening.

INTRODUCTION The UK National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP) advice on cervical cytology screening states that women who have never had sex with men are at very low risk of developing cervical cancer, and advice regarding need for screening in lesbians is inconsistent. METHODS Literature review searching PubMed, Web of Science and the Internet for articles on lesbians, ce...

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