Population-level screening of women for cervical cancer and its HPV-related precursor lesions, using methods that include HPV DNA testing (with self-collected samples shown to be as reliable as provider-collected ones) and visual inspection of the cervix after applying acetic acid, with or without colposcopy. The World Health Organization's global elimination strategy sets a target of screening 70 percent of women with a high-performance test by age 35 and again by age 45, as one of three targets to be reached by 2030.
Facts
Origin YearSourced to the subject's own accountGeorgios Papanikolaou began the underlying research in 1923; the test recorded here by the year it gained wider recognition as a screening method, after a leading 1941 article in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Practice ClassPreventive care, screening 1 Classification
Practice ClassPreventive or Public Health Practice 1 Connections
Associated With
Source WHO: Cervical Cancer Fact Sheet
In Branch
Source WHO: Cervical Cancer Fact Sheet
Sources
1. WHO: Cervical Cancer Fact Sheet
World Health OrganizationWHO Response section / Cervical screening and treatment of precancers subsection
70% of women screened with a high-performance test by 35 years of age and again by 45 years of age
Cervical screening and treatment of precancers subsection
examining the cervix after applying acetic acid, with or without magnification (colposcopy or naked-eye visual inspection)
Program classification, entity description sentence
Population-level screening of women for cervical cancer and its HPV-related precursor lesions, using methods that include HPV DNA testing and visual inspection of the cervix after applying acetic acid, with or without colposcopy.
- In Branch: Preventive Care
- Associated With: Secondary Prevention
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Pap Test
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