Table 1.

Recommendations for Cervical Cancer Screening^16,19–22

Society recommendations	Screening method and time interval
	Age 21–24 years	Age 25–29 years	Age 30–65 years
United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) 2012	Cytology every 3 years (HPV testing not recommended)	Cytology every 3 years (HPV testing not recommended, Grade D recommendation by USPSTF)	Cytology every 3 years or co-testing every 5 years
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) 2012
American Cancer Society/American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology/American Society for Clinical Pathology 2012
American College of Physicians 2015
ACOG 2015		Cytology or hrHPV alone every 3 years	Options above or hrHPV alone every 3 years