Previous screening results important for decision about smear tests after age 60
[PRESS RELEASE, 25 OCT. 2017] Being screened again after the age of 60 reduces the risk of cervical cancer in women who have previously had abnormal smear tests and in women who did not have smear tests in their 50s, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show. The study, which is published in PLOS Medicine, is important for setting guidelines on the age at which screening can be discontinued.Despite being screened with gynaecological smear tests, relatively many women over the age of 60 develop cervical cancer. There is currently a discussion on when and against what criteria