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Pap smear timingFrom: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)Thu Jan 4 11:11:56 2001
Ok, here's a question that comes up every year when I do my "Introduction to the Pap smear and Pelvic Exam" lecture to the students. In low-risk monogamous women who have never had an abnormal pap, the recommendations are for pap smears q 3 years, but do you follow those recommendations in women who are on OCP's or HRT, or do you make them have a pap smear anyway every year when they come in for their refill? I see no evidence that the hormones affect the risk for cervical CA, but everyone around here seems to do them every year on women who take hormones, whether they are low risk or not. Just curious what other folks do, and I'd be especially interested in how this works in countries outside the US.
-- Anna Meenan, MD
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