Say you lived in a country that has sky-high HPV vaccination coverage plus a uniform cervical cancer screening program. A new study suggests that, depending on when you got your shots, you might only need a few screenings in your lifetime.
In this case, that country is Norway. Using a mathematical model, researchers found that women in Norway who had been vaccinated between the ages of 12 and 24 would only need a screening once every 15 to 25 years. For women who received the HPV shots between the ages of 25 and 30 years, ten years between screenings would suffice, the researchers report February 3 in Annals of