• About Pap tests or Pap smears
• What is a Pap test?
• Where can I have a Pap test?
• When should I have Pap tests?
• How much do Pap tests cost?
• Pap test reminder letters
• Benefits of the Pap test
• What to expect for your first Pap test
• Tips to assist you
• Limitations of the Pap test
• Other tests
• Who should have Pap tests or Pap smears?
• The human papillomavirus (HPV)
• The cervical cancer vaccine
• Abnormal Pap test (or Pap smear) results and treatment
• Cervical cancer

About Pap tests or Pap smears

Cervical cancer is one of few cancers that can be largely prevented through screening (Pap tests), yet over a third of women do not have them regularly.

Most women diagnosed with cervical cancer have not had regular Pap tests.

Having a Pap test every two years is the best way women can protect themselves against cervical cancer - regular Pap tests can prevent around nine out of 10 cervical cancers.

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