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A new study has been released, recording a growing trend in unnecessary Pap tests, which are used to screen for cervical cancer. The study was published on Thursday, August 18 by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
There are several problems related to over-screening. First, it raises health costs. Second, extra testing creates a greater hassle for women, who need to make extraneous arrangements for their children and employment. Third, more tests correspond with more false-positives, which are financially and psychologically burdensome on the patient. Finally, doctors see no benefit to testing above the recommended rate, because extra testing generally does not help detect more cancers, they say.
The study noticed that most doctors recommend Pap tests annually. This is in contradistinction to guidelines in the United States and Britain, which recommend average women over 30 to receive Pap tests only once every three years.
The study also found that only 51% of doctors ordered an HPV test, which is recommended alongside Pap tests. HPV is a common cause of cervical cancer. A CDC researcher says this deficit shows a "lack of understanding about the guidelines."
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