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Message sent on behalf of Dr. Linda Rabeneck, Dr. Joan Murphy and Dr. Rachel Kupets Cancer Care Ontario Dear colleagues, The Ontario Cervical Screening Program is pleased to provide updated cervical screening guidelines that include recommended intervals for screening in primary care when a woman is discharged from colposcopy and updated recommendations for people with special screening circumstances. It is important for family physicians and other primary care providers to note that there is a call for colposcopists to provide specific, individualized and risk-based screening recommendations when a woman is discharged from colposcopy. Specifically: - Women at low risk for cervical cancer should return to routine screening every three years with the Pap test in primary care; and
- Women at elevated risk for cervical cancer, but not in need of colposcopy, should be discharged to primary care for yearly surveillance with the Pap test.
Below are links to documents with more information: More information about the updated screening guidelines and additional resources for family physicians and other primary care providers are available at cancercare.on.ca/pcresources. More information about colposcopy services in Ontario is available at cancercare.on.ca/ocspresources. If you have any questions about these clinical best practices or the Ontario Cervical Screening Program, please contact us at 1-866-662-9233 or screenforlife@cancercare.on.ca. We value your continued support as we work to improve cervical screening and colposcopy services in Ontario. Sincerely, Linda Rabeneck MD MPH FRCPC Vice-President Prevention and Cancer Control Joan Murphy MD FRCSC Provincial Clinical Lead Ontario Cervical Screening Program Rachel Kupets MD MSc FRCSC Lead Scientist Ontario Cervical Screening Program |
