Pap smear recommendation

[0:00] ..." with WBZ TV medical correspondent doctor Malcolm Marshall about new guidelines concerning pap smears for younger women. Let's talk on the heels of the breast cancer recommendations the new recommendations the other day now we have new recommendations for young women and pap smears. What are they telling."...

[1:26] ..." going to be well served by these recommendations specialists say you have cervical cancer and is not detected in happen and you. Go two years and it's somewhere early on in that two year stretch. Cervical cancer develops what can happen in two years span wealthy. Eight basically says that most cervical cancers are slow growing and so -- that based on their review of the date. That screening less frequently will still pick up cervical cancer at a time when it's still early enough to treated effectively. And can cut down on some of the unnecessary procedures that a young women can cause problems down the road for example. If you pick up changes suggestive that cervical cancer is on the rise in. And you undergo certain interventions. Those interventions in a small number of women can make it. Make them at higher risk were miscarriage when they get pregnant. So what they're trying to do is cut down on the number of screenings still continue to pick up cervical cancers at an early stage. Cut down on the number of cervical interventions that might cause complications down the road. And of course save money politics. These are guidelines and they come on the heels of new guidelines concerning breast cancer screening and -- what are women. Supposed to make of these guidelines obviously talk with your doctor. Then why didn't. Then -- that's you know that's really the first step is you know these are recommendations these recommendations these are guidelines these are not hard set rules so. Obviously each individual woman is gonna have -- with very different set of risk factors for breast cancer for cervical cancer and she really does need to sit down with her doctorate have a conversation about her personal history. You make these changes doctor if bush is just a new direction from Madison. I think the fact that them demography screening recommendations and cervical cancer screening recommendations came down sort of in the same week that people are gonna think that there -- linked. But you can't"...

[3:56] ..." of be educated and be empowered to make decisions about their own health care. Know what their new recommendations are out there and then if they have any concerns they want to be screened more frequently"...

[0:00]" We're talking with WBZ TV medical correspondent doctor Malcolm Marshall about new guidelines concerning pap smears for younger women. Let's talk on the heels of the breast cancer recommendations the new recommendations the other day now we have new recommendations for young women and pap smears. What are they telling."

[0:17]" That's while the American college of gynecologists and it anthems dancer -- American college of gynecologists of -- obstetricians balances up attrition Jeff. OK so. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists also known as a -- just recently came out with new guidelines and basically they're saying that women under the age of 21. Probably don't need to be screened until they turn 21 of the old recommendation was that you needed to be screens. Three years after your first sexual intercourse or at the age of 21 whichever occurred first. They're also saying that women between the ages of 21 and thirty. Probably -- screening only every two years whereas before it was annually. And that women thirty and older need screening every three years assuming of course that they've had three consecutive normal test what do you make -- the recommendations. Obviously less screening means less cost. It certainly will save cost an -- is very clear about saying that it will save money. But they're saying it will also continue to pick up cervical cancers just as well as the old recommendations states that they don't think that we're going to be missing. Many cervical cancers and that women are still going to be well served by these recommendations specialists say you have cervical cancer and is not detected in happen and you. Go two years and it's somewhere early on in that two year stretch. Cervical cancer develops what can happen in two years span wealthy. Eight basically says that most cervical cancers are slow growing and so -- that based on their review of the date. That screening less frequently will still pick up cervical cancer at a time when it's still early enough to treated effectively. And can cut down on some of the unnecessary procedures that a young women can cause problems down the road for example. If you pick up changes suggestive that cervical cancer is on the rise in. And you undergo certain interventions. Those interventions in a small number of women can make it. Make them at higher risk were miscarriage when they get pregnant. So what they're trying to do is cut down on the number of screenings still continue to pick up cervical cancers at an early stage. Cut down on the number of cervical interventions that might cause complications down the road. And of course save money politics. These are guidelines and they come on the heels of new guidelines concerning breast cancer screening and -- what are women. Supposed to make of these guidelines obviously talk with your doctor. Then why didn't. Then -- that's you know that's really the first step is you know these are recommendations these recommendations these are guidelines these are not hard set rules so. Obviously each individual woman is gonna have -- with very different set of risk factors for breast cancer for cervical cancer and she really does need to sit down with her doctorate have a conversation about her personal history. You make these changes doctor if bush is just a new direction from Madison. I think the fact that them demography screening recommendations and cervical cancer screening recommendations came down sort of in the same week that people are gonna think that there -- linked. But you can't sort of compared to one of those set of recommendations were decided by a panel of doctors that. Advises the federal government the other was college actual -- I don't know why they came down around the same time it just seems to sort of the curious timing. But I think that women shouldn't make too much of it I think that big concern is that insurance companies may stop paying for some of these screening test. But we have been reassured that it's unlikely -- insurance companies are gonna do that just based on the recommendations of one organization. So I don't want women to Korea there I want women to sort of be educated and be empowered to make decisions about their own health care. Know what their new recommendations are out there and then if they have any concerns they want to be screened more frequently talk to their personal physician."