Pap Test After Total Hysterectomy Questioned.JANCIN, BRUCE
Focuses on the unnecessary pap smear screening of patients that have undergone hysterectomy. Reason behind the continued unnecessary pap tests according to Brenda E. Sirovich and H. Gilbert Welch of the Department of Veterans Affairs...
Pap Test The Pap test, also called “Pap smear,” was developed over fifty years ago. This test, in which cells are removed from the cervix and evaluated through a microscope, has dramatically decreased the number of cervical cancer deaths in this country. The Pap test can detect precancero...
You've had a totalhysterectomy(since your cervix will have been removed) You're over 65 and your last three tests were negative Even if these conditions apply to you, talk to your doctor before discontinuing your Pap tests. They may want you to continue for certain reasons, for instance, ...
Women who have a higher risk ofcancermay need a Pap test more often. Your doctor can recommend what is best for you. Do I Need to Get Pap Smears If I Have Had a Hysterectomy? Pap smears may be discontinued after a total hysterectomy unless the surgery was performed for cervical pre-inv...
because they are still at risk of developingcervical cancer. However, screening may be discontinued for females ages 65 to 70 if they have had at least three consecutive normal Pap smears and have not received abnormal results within the past 10 years.4If you have had a totalhysterectomy, or...
If you've had ahysterectomy, you still may need to have Pap tests, depending on whether your cervix was removed. Cervical cells can remain at the top of the vagina after surgery, and if you have a history of moderate to severe cervical changes or cervical cancer, ACOG recommends that you...
Cost-effectiveness of pap smear screening for vaginal cancer after total hysterectomy for benign disease To examine the cost effectiveness of Papanicolaou screening for cancer after total hysterectomy for benign disease. Decision analysis including Markov mod... MD Fetters,RW Lieberman,PH Abrahamse,......
Pap smear testing is not indicated for women who have had ahysterectomy(with removal of the cervix) for benign conditions. Women who have had a hysterectomy in which the cervix is not removed, called subtotal hysterectomy, should continue screening following the same guidelines as women who have...
This is called a total hysterectomy. Women who have had a total hysterectomy for reasons other than cancer may not need regular Pap tests. Women who have had a total hysterectomy because of abnormal cells or cancer should be tested yearly for vaginal cancer until they have ...