A few years ago, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced that most women 65 and older no longer needed to be screened for cervical cancer. But, Berkeley Wellness cautions, that doesn’t mean senior women — or women of any age — should skip their annual women’s health checkups.

Even though a woman’s risk for cervical cancer declines from age 55 on, her risk for uterine, ovarian, and breast cancer increases. You can read more at the link above, or check out a PDF here.