USPSTF Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendations Strike Compromise on Cotesting

Aug 21, 2018

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The US Preventive Services Task Force today updated its cervical cancer screening recommendations to advise that women aged 30 to 65 may choose to get screened every three years with cervical cytology alone, every five years with high-risk HPV testing alone, or every five years with hrHPV testing in combination with cytology, also known as cotesting.

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