New cervical cancer screening guidelines released

There are new regulations for pap tests, like women don't need their first pap test till they're 21 and instead of getting one every year that you should cut back to every other year for women younger than 30, and for the women older than 30 should get the check up every three years.

[...] A review of the evidence to date shows that screening at less
frequent intervals prevents cervical cancer just as well, has decreased costs,
and avoids unnecessary interventions that could be harmful.

There's good data since the last guidelines in 2003 that show that
screening teens or before age 21 is not having an impact on reducing cervical
cancer," said Debbie Saslow of the Cancer Society.

Getting an annual Pap test is the equivalent to getting a mammogram every
four months. Breast cancer on average is growing at a point where, if you get a
mammogram every two years, you will miss a lot of deadly cancers that you would
have caught if you're having them every year. This is not true for cervical
cancer; we are detecting pre-cancers that are taking 10 to 20 years to develop
into cancer."According to the ACS(American Cancer Society), there are about
10,000 new cases of cervical cancer each year, and more than 4,000 deaths. Over
half were found in women who never had a Pap test. Most cases are in women
younger than 50, and rarely occur in females younger than 20.

I found this article at cnnnews.com. I think that honestly it's ones opinion and choice to get checked. I mean everyone should get checked but I don't understand how getting checked every year doesn't prevent cervical cancer. Because isn't that what the check ups are supposed to help inform you and help you treat if you have it? But again I think everyone has their own opinion for what they think, and I wouldn't recommend only getting checked every other year because you never know what could happen if you don't get checked.