Cervical cancer prevention and screening

Summary of changes

• Important change to screening pathway: Updated flowchart, for women who are not 16/18 positive, they are no longer referred for colpocoscopy on the 2nd positive test

Primary references

1. Australia Government Department of Health (2022) Understanding the National Cervical Screening Program Management Pathway: A Guide for Healthcare Providers, accessed 22 September 2022.

2. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2019, Cancer series no. 125, AIHW, Canberra, accessed 11 January 2022.

3. Cancer Council Australia Clinical Guidelines Working Party (2021) Important changes to the National Cervical Screening Program's Clinical Guidelines pathway for women at intermediate risk, accessed 11 January 2022.