Closed: 9 March 2016
The RACGP is seeking feedback on Cancer Council Australia’s Draft clinical management guidelines for the prevention of cervical cancer. These guidelines will supersede the NHMRC approved 2005 Guidelines Screening to prevent cervical cancer: guidelines for the management of asymptomatic women with screen-detected abnormalities.
The draft Guidelines can be accessed from the wiki webpage.
With the change to primary HPV testing it was necessary and timely to review the 2005 Guidelines and to consider recent evidence to formulate guidelines that are relevant to primary HPV testing and triage using liquid-based cytology. The guidelines aim to assist women and health professionals to achieve best outcomes in clinical management of women with screen-detected cervical abnormalities.
The Guidelines were commissioned by the Department of Health to support the renewed National Cervical Screening Program coming into effect on 1 May 2017. Larissa Roeske is on the Guidelines committee and Amanda McBride is the RACGP Rep on the steering committee for the National Cervical Screening Program.