American Cancer Society

“On December 4, 2025 the American Cancer Society (ACS) released updates to their cervical cancer screening guidelines with a few main changes, including an updated start age for screenings, a new HPV …”

“While the ACS still highly recommends women have HPV testing performed on a cervical sample collected by their doctor every 5 years, the new guidelines now allow women to collect their own HPV testin…”

“Another update to ACS’s guidelines is starting cervical cancer screenings at age 25 for those at average risk for cervical cancer, and should be performed every 3 to 5 years, depending on which test …”

“The American Cancer Society recommends testing every 5 years for individuals who have medical-provider-collected HPV screening, by itself, or in combination with a Pap test. Testing is recommended ev…”