The US Preventative Services Task Force has issued draft recommendations proposing that women in their 20s be screened for cervical cancer every three years with cervical cytology alone. 

As part of an effort to update 2012 guidelines, the group is also proposing that women between the ages of 30 and 65 be screened with cervical cytology every three years or receive testing for high-risk human papillomavirus every five years. Previously, the USPSTF had recommended that women 21 to 65 years old receive pap smears every three years or women 30 to 65 years receive both pap smears and HPV testing every five years.