Guest guest Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 I just heard the same thing from a physician who works at Planned Parenthood, but she said that if a woman has a new partner--or is not in a monogamous relationship--then they do a pap yearly. This follows the Bethesda guidlines put out by NIH. --Sarah Rivkin , " " <alonmarcus wrote: > > For those that are interested here is info on pap smears > > False positive or negative rate on Paps used to be about 30%, which is why paps were recommended every year. Since cervical cancer takes about 10 years to develop, the chance of having 3 false negative paps is very small. Now that we do Pap with high risk HPV testing, the false positive and negative rate is much smaller. Basically negative HPV means almost 0 chance of developing cervical cancer in the next 3 years. So new guidelines are Pap with HPV every 3 years. > > Ruti > > > > Oakland, CA 94609 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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