RT Journal
A1 Stormo AR, Hawkins NA, Cooper C, Saraiya M
T1 THe pelvic examination as a screening tool
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD December 12
VO 171
IS 22
SP 2053
OP 2054
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.575
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.575
AB 
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 63.4 million pelvic examinations were performed in US physicians' offices and US clinics in 2008.1 Traditionally, this procedure has been performed in conjunction with annual Papanicolaou tests but since the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists extended its recommended cervical cancer screening interval to no more than every 3 years with human papillomavirus co-testing,2 there are questions about whether an annual pelvic examination is needed.