National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
This brochure gives information about the different results of the screening and HPV (humaan papillomavirus).
Read the information about the result you received. Do you still have questions after reading the information in this brochure? Please contact your family doctor or read more about cervical cancer screening.
Cervical cancer is most common in women between the ages of 30 and 60. Every year about 900 people in The Netherlands get cervical cancer, of which about 200 die. Thanks to the population screening, precancerous stages of cervical cancer can be detected early.