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My screening interval changed and nobody explained

Used to be every three years. New letter says five. It feels like a cut.

oak_table 4 months ago
NoteMember experience, not medical advice. Symptoms overlap between infections and only a test can tell them apart.

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far_field 4 months ago

It is the result of moving to HPV testing as the primary screen rather than looking at cells first. The HPV test is better at ruling out risk, so a negative gives reassurance for longer.

Intervals lengthened because the test got better, not because the service got smaller.

first_frost 4 months ago

The other half of it is that if you are HPV positive you are seen sooner, not later. So the interval is no longer one number for everyone, it depends on what your result was.

tin_roof 4 months ago

It felt like a cut to me too until somebody explained this. Worth asking your programme for their explanation, because they all publish one.

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