<aside> 💡 Women will be invited when they are due to participate via the National Cancer Screening Register.

• screening starts 25 years
• Women aged 70 to 74 years will be invited to have an exit test
• HPV vaccinated women still require cervical screening as the HPV vaccine does not protect against all the types of HPV that cause cervical cancer </aside>

Cervical cancer is 4th most frequent cancer in women worldwide

• very low in Australia due to screening
• Often asymptomatic
• Shown to prevent cancer development which is associated with significant side effects and fertility issues

HPV16 and 18 most high risk for progression to cancer, dont cause warts

average time taken for a persistent HPV infection to cause cervical abnormalities and then progress to cervical cancer is usually 10–15 years.

therefore screening every 5 years is appropriate as cervical changes unlikely in that timeframe

Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL)

high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL)

Indications

• 25-74
• with a cervix
• any genital sexual contact