Yes. Females who get vaccinated will still need Pap tests because the vaccines do not prevent all types of HPV that can cause cervical cancer. If your daughter or granddaughter gets the vaccine, she will still need to have Pap tests at the usual times.
If girls who are vaccinated will still need a Pap test, why should they get vaccinated?
The vaccines can prevent about 70% of cervical cancers. And those who have had an HPV vaccine can avoid the cervix cell changes caused by the HPV types the vaccine prevents.
The Pap test does not keep the cells in the cervix from changing – but it can find changes in the cells before they become cervical cancer. This means that if a woman has an abnormal Pap test, she will have other tests and then treatment to keep the changed cells from becoming cancer.
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