Summary

In a new Annals "Beyond the Guidelines" feature, a primary care physician and an obstetrician-gynecologist discuss the optimal approach to cervical cancer screening in a healthy young woman. The discussion focuses on updated recommendations from the American Cancer Society, the Women's Preventive Services Initiative and the draft U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines, which generally favor primary HPV testing but differ on when screening should begin, preferred testing approaches for younger women and the use of self-collected HPV testing.

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