CPG

Screening for Cervical Cancer

PUBLISHED: February 2000	REVISED:February 2007
TOPIC: Cancer	SCOPE: Routine screening recommendations
ABSTRACT: This guideline assists healthcare providers and women in the implementation of uniform and consistent recommendations for cervical cancer screening. It also provides information on pap smear preparation and pap smears in pregnancy.
TARGET POPULATION: All women aged 18 years and over who have had sexual intercourse
EXCLUSIONS: • Women who have had a total hysterectomy for benign disease if there is adequate pathological documentation that the cervix has been completely removed and there is no history of cervical malignancy or premalignancy • Women older than 69 with a cervix and who have had at least two satisfactory and negative smears (taken at least 3 months apart) in the past 3 years, provided there is no history of cervical malignancy or premalignancy.

Guideline: Screening for Cervical Cancer

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Patient Information: Cervical Cancer Screening Quick Reference Card

Working Group

A multidisciplinary team composed of:

Anatomical Pathologists
Family Physicians
RNs
Consumer
Pathologists
Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Representatives of Alberta Health and Wellness and the Regional Health Authorities
Community Medicine