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241. Draft Research Plan: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 07, 2021 - Does routine skin cancer screening lead to higher rates of detection of skin cancer at a precancerous … What are the serious harms of treatment of skin cancer? … (e.g., previous skin cancer; genetic syndromes associated with increased skin cancer risk; conditions … skin cancer mortality; all-cause mortality KQ 2: Stage or lesion thickness at detection of skin cancer … type (melanoma vs. non-melanoma skin cancers) Study design All KQs: Fair- and good-quality

242. Screening for Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2022 - cancer deaths. … is generally treated by surgically removing the primary tumor and surrounding normal tissue and possibly … • Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the US; however, most skin cancers do not cause serious … • Melanoma constitutes about 1% of skin cancers. … Cancer Stat Facts: melanoma of the skin. National Cancer Institute.

243. Recommendation: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 20, 2018 - skin cancer. … Much of the available evidence concerns the most common skin lesions, nonmalignant neoplasia and basal … https://www.cancer.org/research/cancer-facts-statistics/all-cancer-facts-figures/cancer-facts-figures … Skin cancer: what are the risks for skin cancer? … American Cancer Society. Melanoma skin cancer.

244. Archived: Evidence Summary: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 30, 2013 - The clinical significance of these tumors is uncertain, but patients with lung cancer typically receive … The prognostic impact of tumor size in resected stage I non-small cell lung cancer: evidence for a two … thresholds tumor diameters classification. … Prognosis of 6644 resected non-small cell lung cancers in Japan: a Japanese lung cancer registry study … tumors up to 3 cm in maximum dimension.

245. USPSTF Issues Draft Recommendation Statement: Genetic Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer (pdf file)
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     April 02, 2013 - One important step in preventing these cancers is helping women understand their risk. … are just one of many factors that greatly increase a woman’s risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers … , could improve screening practices and even prevent some cancers.” … “Evaluating for risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome is an important step in cancer … who have family members with breast or ovarian cancer whose BRCA status is unknown.

246. Evidence Summary: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 08, 2018 - Overdiagnosis was estimated to occur in 20.7% to 50.4% of screen-detected cancers. … diagnosed, 16.4% of prostate cancers were overdiagnosed in the PLCO trial, 33.2% in the ERSPC trial, … , 20.7% of cancers were overdiagnosed in the PLCO trial and 50.4% in the ERSPC trial. … In trials, 20.7%-50.4% of screen-detected cancers were overdiagnosed. … men with higher-risk, clinically detected cancers.

247. Final Research Plan: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 25, 2021 - and mortality due to skin cancer or all-cause mortality? … What are the serious harms of treatment of skin cancer? … (e.g., previous skin cancer; genetic syndromes associated with increased skin cancer risk; conditions … skin cancer mortality; all-cause mortality KQ 2: Stage or lesion thickness at detection of skin cancer … type (melanoma vs. nonmelanoma skin cancers) Study design All KQs: Fair- and good-quality

248. Draft Research Plan: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 12, 2023 - What are the benefits of prostate cancer–specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer vs … What is the effect of using a prebiopsy prostate cancer risk calculator or MRI on prostate cancer biopsy … What is the effect of using a prebiopsy prostate cancer risk calculator or MRI on prostate cancer morbidity … of life, and incidence of advanced-stage cancer (including metastatic prostate cancer) KQ 2: Physical … 1 , 2 have primarily detected early-stage cancer (90% to 96% of cancers detected). ‡ Active surveillance

249. Inactive: Anal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 08, 2022 - Share to E-mail Print Anal Cancer … A draft research plan for screening for anal cancer was posted to the Task Force website for public comment … To stay up to date on the USPSTF's work on screening for anal cancer and all other Task Force topics,

250. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer (pdf file)
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     March 18, 2019 - Recommendation Statement on Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer … genes are just one of many factors that can greatly increase a woman’s risk of developing certain cancers … , such as breast and ovarian cancer. … One important step in preventing these cancers is helping women understand their risk. … For women who have a family or personal history of certain cancers, there are several tools available

251. Archived: Editorial: Convergence and Divergence Around Breast Cancer Screening: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 11, 2016 - Print archived Editorial: Convergence and Divergence Around Breast Cancer … Screening Breast Cancer: Screening January 11, 2016 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent … Download Editorial: Convergence and Divergence Around Breast Cancer Screening (PDF) … tool to reduce breast cancer mortality, and that the benefits of mammography increase with age. … Screening for breast cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.

252. Frequently Asked Questions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 05, 2023 - this draft recommendation statement, the Task Force recommends that all women get screened for breast cancer … New and more inclusive science about breast cancer in people younger than 50 has enabled us to expand … for more research on whether and how additional screening might help women with dense breasts find cancers … Is there specific guidance on breast cancer screening for Black women? … cancers at young ages.

253. Evidence Summary: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 20, 2019 - Ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal carcinomas are overlapping epithelial malignancies in which the … Cancers associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations other than breast and ovarian. … Pathology of ovarian cancers in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. … Pathology of breast and ovarian cancers among BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: results from the … Psychological distress in women at risk of hereditary breast/ovarian or HNPCC cancers in the absence

254. Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 17, 2014 - Final Research Plan Colorectal Cancer: Screening April 17, 2014 Recommendations made by the … What are the current rates of overall screening for colorectal cancer and screening with specific tests … incidence (by stage), interval colorectal cancer; colorectal cancer–specific or all-cause mortality … ; radiation exposure per CT colonography examination KQ 1: Incidence of adenomas or advanced neoplasia … In general, the public comments represent an intense interest in colorectal cancer screening.

255. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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     June 18, 2018 - cervix and do not have a history of a high-grade precancerous lesion (ie, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia … deaths from 8.34 to 0.30 deaths per 1000 womena Abbreviations: CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia … Efficacy of human papillomavirus testing for the detection of invasive cervical cancers and cervical … intraepithelial neoplasia: a randomised controlled trial. … Human papillomavirus testing for the detection of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer

256. Draft Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 21, 2021 - Share to E-mail Print in progress Draft Research Plan Breast Cancer … morbidity and breast cancer–specific or all-cause mortality? … What is the comparative effectiveness of different breast cancer screening strategies (e.g., by modality … breast cancer (e.g., study defined, metastatic breast cancer, stage of diagnosis based on BI-RADS) … KQ 3: Interval cancers (false-negative results) False-positive findings at screening and biopsy

257. Draft Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 21, 2021 - Share to Email Print in progress Draft Research Plan Breast Cancer … morbidity and breast cancer–specific or all-cause mortality? … What is the comparative effectiveness of different breast cancer screening strategies (e.g., by modality … breast cancer (e.g., study defined, metastatic breast cancer, stage of diagnosis based on BI-RADS) … KQ 3: Interval cancers (false-negative results) False-positive findings at screening and biopsy

258. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Seeks Comments on Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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     April 03, 2017 - PSA-based screening and follow-up prostate biopsies cannot tell for sure which cancers are likely to … Because there is no good way to distinguish men who will have high-risk cancers from those who won’t … Metastatic cancer is the spread of cancer cells to new areas of the body. … “Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers to affect men, and the decision about whether to … among men with a family history of prostate cancer.

259. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation on Screening for Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2018 - Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation on Screening for Prostate Cancer Task … Force recommends men ages 55 to 69 make an individual decision about prostate cancer screening with … “Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers to affect men and the decision whether to be screened … screening and the prostate biopsies used to follow-up on high PSA levels cannot tell for sure which cancers … some men with low-risk prostate cancers to delay or, in some cases avoid, treatment with radiation

260. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on BRCA-Related Cancer Prevention (pdf file)
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     August 20, 2019 - Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on BRCA-Related Cancer Prevention … proteins that repair damaged DNA and, as a result, help lower a woman’s likelihood of getting certain cancers … cells in the body are more likely to develop additional genetic changes (mutations) that can lead to cancers … , such as breast, ovarian, and peritoneal cancer. … “Women who have a personal or family history of certain types of cancers, or have ancestry associated