Management Guidelines
On September 14 and 15, 2012, ASCCP worked with 23 other national organizations on a revision of the 2006 guidelines for management of abnormal screening tests and CIN/AIS. As a result of this effort the updated guidelines are now available. This section gives more detail on the guidelines and supporting documents. Here is further information on the guidelines, where to find them, and their available formats.
Screening Guidelines
The American Cancer Society (ACS), ASCCP, and the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) have released guidelines for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. The guidelines generally advise a reduction in the number of tests women get over their lifetime to better ensure that they receive the benefits of testing while minimizing the harms, and include a preference for co-testing using the Pap test and HPV test for women age ages 30 to 65.