Shane Jacobson, Chief Executive Officer of the American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“The American Cancer Society released updated guidelines today for cervical cancer screening, reflecting advances in disease detection and accessibility in the United States.
“These updated recommendations will help to improve compliance with screening and reduce the risk of cervical cancer,” said Dr. Robert Smith, senior vice president, early cancer detection science at the American Cancer Society and senior author of the report. “They are made possible as we continue to evolve our approach to screening for cervical cancer, primarily through research advancements, and the development of self-collection tools to broaden access to screening.”
Quoting ACS Journals‘ post:
“Just released in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
New Cervical Cancer screening guideline update from the American Cancer Society.
Two key changes:
1. While clinician-collected cervical specimens are preferred, self-collection of vaginal samples for HPV testing are acceptable for cervical cancer screening. This updated recommendation follows the recent FDA approval of HPV self-collection testing as a safe and effective new screening option.
2. New guidance on when individuals can safely exit screening: ACS recommends that an average risk woman, or an individual with a cervix at average risk, have negative primary HPV tests or negative co-testing using HPV tests and cytology testing at ages 60 and 65.
Full recommendations are available Open Access here.
Author list: Rebecca B. Perkins MD, MSc, Andrew M. D. Wolf MD, Timothy R. Church PhD, Elena Elkin PhD, MPA, Steven Skates PhD, Ruth Etzioni PhD, Carmen Guerra MD, MSCE, Abbe Herzig, PhD PhD, Richard M. Hoffman MD, MPH, Kevin C. Oeffinger MD, Sana Raoof, MD-PhD, Ya-Chen Tina Shih PhD, Louise Walter MD, Charnita Zeigler-Johnson PhD, Deana Manassaram-Baptiste, PhD, MPH, Robert Smith PhD.”
Title: Self-collected vaginal specimens for human papillomavirus testing and guidance on screening exit: An update to the American Cancer Society cervical cancer screening guideline
Authors: Rebecca B. Perkins, Andrew M. D. Wolf, Timothy R. Church, Elena B. Elkin, Steven J. Skates, Ruth D. Etzioni, Carmen E. Guerra, Abbe Herzig, Richard M. Hoffman, Kevin C. Oeffinger, Sana Raoof, Ya-Chen Tina Shih, Louise C. Walter, Charnita Zeigler-Johnson, Deana Manassaram-Baptiste, Robert A. Smith
Proceed to the video attached to the ACS Journals’ post.
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