When was your last Pap smear? Your doctor can advise you when your next Pap smear is due.
The Pap smear register also keeps a confidential record of your results and can be contacted on 13 15 56..
The Pap test (also called a Pap smear or cervical cytology) collects cervical cells so they can be checked for changes caused by HPV that may—if left untreated—turn into cervical cancer.
It can find precancerous cells and cervical cancer cells..
The National Cancer Screening Register (NCSR) supports the operations of the National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) by providing a secure, confidential database of screening records.
The NCSR invites women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 74 to have a Cervical Screening Test when they are due..
Unfortunately, you can still get cervical cancer when you are older than 65 years.
The only way to know it is safe to stop being tested after age 65 is if you have had several tests in a row that didn't find cancer within the previous 10 years, including at least one in the previous five years..
The first registry to be established, the Victorian Cervical Cytology Registry was formed in 1989
This was followed in subsequent years by the establishment of individual registries in all Australian states and territories
In 1989, we established the first Pap Test Registry in Australia to support an organised approach to cervical cancer screening
2008 saw us establishing and operating the world’s first HPV vaccination program register on behalf of the Australian Department of Health
