Cervical Cancer Prevention
- In providing comprehensive primary care for adults with HIV, clinicians should ensure that patients at risk of cervical cancer receive age- and risk-appropriate screening (A3) and provide education about harm reduction measures that may reduce the risk, including:
- HPV vaccination (A2)
- ART to suppress HIV viral load (A2)
- Tobacco use cessation (A2)
- Sexual exposure prevention strategies, including using barrier protection (A3) and reducing the number of sex partners and associated sexual networks when possible (A3)
- Clinicians should establish a schedule for routine cervical screening based on a patient’s medical history, anatomical inventory, age, and risk profile. (A2)
