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- Title
Understanding HPV and cervical screening.
- Authors
Butler, Sarah; Wilkinson, Yvonne
- Abstract
Cervical cancer is preventable and curable. Sarah Butler and Yvonne Wilkinson explain how the cervical screening programme has changed from a cytology based test to HPV primary screening Screening for human papillomavirus is now the primary test for cervical screening in England, Wales and Scotland. Cervical screening for those individuals with a cervix routinely occurs every 3 years for those aged 25–49 (24½ in England) and every 5 years for those aged 50–64. Over 99.7% of cervical cancers are caused by human papillomavirus. Cervical cancer is preventable and curable; primary HPV screening can detect early changes in cervical cells allowing for effective monitoring and treatment.
- Subjects
SCOTLAND; WALES; ENGLAND; IMMUNIZATION; EARLY detection of cancer; PUBLIC health; PAPILLOMAVIRUS diseases; CERVIX uteri tumors
- Publication
Practice Nursing, 2022, Vol 33, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
0964-9271
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/pnur.2022.33.1.14