U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
1996
Recommendation
There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine counseling of women about measures for the primary prevention of gynecologic cancers.
Clinicians counseling women about contraceptive practices should include information on the potential benefits of the following with respect to gynecologic cancers:
Clinicians should also promote other practices:
These measures may reduce the incidence of certain gynecologic cancers and have other proven health benefits.
Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2nd Edition
Counseling to Prevent Gynecologic Cancers, 1996 (PDF File, 81 KB)
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