Study Shows Annual Pap Tests have Downsides
by Chrysalis De Vera in Beauty & Wellness on Aug 28, 2011
Even though the recent guidelines of having cervical cancer annual screening for women suggest that several women can linger much longer between such tests, a lot of doctors are still continuing to suggest women to have the cervical cancer screening yearly.
This is a current study’s findings by a behavioral scientist from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Katherine Roland.
Roland expressed that the findings of her study disagree with the standard guidelines given. She accounted that the negative effects of having cervical cancer screenings too frequent included pain, inconvenience, and additional costs. This also causes the patient to visit the doctor more than what is necessary.
The study can be read online in the American Journal of Obstetrics.
For the study, Roland and her colleagues have assessed data coming from 2006’s two state surveys. They found out that the greatest part of providers for health care are still advising screenings yearly, even though the results of the test and the history of a woman recommended that it was not anymore required.
Additionally, the team also has evaluated 376 responses from private health care providers that are office-based. There are also 216 outpatient facilities and hospitals providers.
According to the issued guidelines of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in 2003 and the American Cancer Society in 2002, women aging more than thirty years old need to have both human papillomavirus test and a Pap test.
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