Recommendations on screening for cervical cancer

Abstract

See related commentary by Dollin on page [13][1] and at [www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.121781][2] In 2011, an estimated 1300 new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed in Canada, with about 350 deaths.[1][3] The number of cases of diagnosed cervical cancer increases among women aged 25 years