Description of Resource: 
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against screening for cervical cancer in women younger than age 21 years. This is a D recommendation, which means the USPSTF recommends against the service. There is moderate or high certainty that the service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh the benefits.

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Developed By: 
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Developer Type: 
Federal Government
Healthy People 2020 Topic Area(s): 
Cancer
Healthy People 2020 Objectives: 
Resource Type: 
Citation: 
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Cervical Cancer: Screening recommendation statement [Internet]. 2012 Mar [cited 2014 Jan 8]. Available from: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf11/cervcancer/cervcancerrs.htm

 

 

 

 

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