Cervical Screening

Conventional, annual Pap smear cost-effective follow-up after cervical lesion treatment

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 4th, 2010

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - A study of the options for reducing cancer incidence and mortality among women who have been treated for precancerous cervical lesions found that an annual conventional Pap smear is a cost effective strategy.

Joy Melnikow, professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and colleagues tested several follow-up screening strategies for the 500,000 American women diagnosed and treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), abnormal cervical cell growth that can lead to cervical cancer. The first comprehensive study of its kind, "Surveillance After Treatment for Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia" will be published in the...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2010-11-04)

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