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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 17, 150-156, Copyright © 1967 by American Cancer Society

Cancer Of The Cervix

Time Interval In Repeating A Cytology Smear

¹ Chairman and Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Miami School of Medicine; and Director, Pathology Laboratories, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.
² Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Miami School of Medicine.

In summary, no general rule can be applied for the recommended frequency of cytological examinations. Based on this survey of two widely contrasted populations, repetition of cytology examinations might be recommended as often as three months, or in some groups, could be as infrequent as every three years. Clearly, the need must be individualized, depending not only upon the patient's age, but also upon her racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and cultural background.