In the News
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Changes made to the National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) in December 2017 are putting your health at risk. Make sure you are getting the correct cervical screening test.
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Radical changes made to the National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) in December 2017 are potentially putting your health at risk. Make sure you are having regular Pap smears!
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The Pap smear is a screening test that detects abnormal cervical cells, both squamous and glandular cells. It is a long-established, proven, and very successful screening tool for cervical cancer.
The HPV test screens for HPV, a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that affects squamous cervical cells. It is not a screening tool for glandular cell cervical cancer (adenocarcinoma), a more aggressive form of cervical cancer.
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“We don’t know the reason for this increasing incidence of cervical adenocarcinoma…”
Melbourne Colposcopist Dr Ross Pagano stresses the importance of Pap smears, recommending that all young women have an annual Pap smear due to the increase in incidence of glandular cell cervical cancer in young women.