Cervical cancer screening is recommended to be done once every 1~3 years, depending on your own condition and previous test results.
Women younger than 21 years old generally do not need to undergo cervical cancer screening, while women between 21 and 25 years old should undergo cervical cancer screening (TCT) every 2 to 3 years, and women between 25 and 30 years old should undergo TCT combined with HPV (human papillomavirus) screening every 2 to 3 years.
Women aged 30 to 65 years choose to have a TCT every 2 to 3 years or a TCT combined with HPV every 5 years. Women older than 65 years of age who have had no previous problems or less than grade II cervical intraepithelial neoplasia during standardized cervical cancer screening may opt out of cervical cancer screening.
A cervical biopsy is needed if problems were detected during the last screening, cells with atypical hyperplasia are present, or even if cancer is suspected, and the frequency of cervical cancer screening should be increased.
Women can go to the hospital for a consultation to find out what exactly to expect from the screening.