Self-collected vaginal specimens for human papillomavirus testing and guidance on screening exit: An update to the American Cancer Society cervical cancer screening guideline.

ABSTRACT: This update expands the 2020 American Cancer Society (ACS) cervical cancer screening guideline for average-risk women and individuals with a cervix who are at average risk, to include self-collection for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing and revised guidance for exiting cervical cancer screening. Self-collected vaginal specimens, a method of primary HPV testing, align with the ACS cervical cancer screening guideline. When clinician-collected cervical specimens are used for HPV testing, repeat screening is recommended every 5 years for those with a negative test. For self-collected vaginal specimens, the ACS endorses the following recommendations of the Enduring Consensus Cervical Cancer Screening and Management Guidelines Committee (of which it is a member): (1) primary HPV screening usin

SUBMITTER: Perkins RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12677112 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature