[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Hello, my name is TS and today I'll be mansplaining vagina cancer.

*ahem*

If you and your partner have an HPV test and it's clear, you don't need smear testing unless you change partners (or suspect / find out your current one is cheating). The biopsies that are routinely carried out when abnormal cells (which usually turn out to be nothing) are found actually increase cancer risk themselves.

If you regularly change sexual partners / have multiple sexual partners then obviously regular testing is advisable. Otherwise, the odds of getting cervical cancer without having HPV are minuscule.

You're welcome, and enjoy your genitals.

*beep bop boop*

well beep bop boop, I hate to break it to you but other things can grow in your cervix as well, like polyps which are better dealt with and removed rather than left in situ and also

Nearly all cervical cancers are caused by infection with certain types of HPV.

so not quite 100 per cent unless you think the NHS are rolling out this type of screening just for laughs