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81. Radiation-Induced Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Death From Mammography Screening (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2015 - Radiation-Induced Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Death From Mammography Screening Technical Report … Radiation-Induced Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Death From Mammography Screening Prepared … Women with large breasts had higher risk of radiation-induced cancer (mean LAR, 265 cancers and 35 deaths … per 100,000 women; 95th percentile, 481 cancers and 63 deaths per 100,000 women) compared to other … women (mean LAR, 112 cancers and 15 deaths per 100,000 women; 95th percentile, 187 cancers and 24 deaths

82. Screening for Breast Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2024 - receptor–negative [PR–], and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–negative [HER2–], which are more aggressive tumors … significant difference in breast cancer detection or in tumor charac- teristics (tumor size, histologic … diagnosed with triple-negative cancers (ie, ER–, PR–, and HER2–), which are more aggressive tumors, and … The risk of a stage IIB or higher cancer diagnosis and of having a tumor with less favorable prognostic … Interval breast cancer rates and tumor characteristics in the prospective population-based Malmö breast

83. Screening for Breast Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    September 30, 2024 - significant difference in breast cancer detection or in tumor charac- teristics (tumor size, histologic … diagnosed with triple-negative cancers (ie, ER–, PR–, and HER2–), which are more aggressive tumors, and … The risk of a stage IIB or higher cancer diagnosis and of having a tumor with less favorable prognostic … breast cancers. … Interval breast cancer rates and tumor characteristics in the prospective population-based Malmö breast

84. Draft Research Plan: Anal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 08, 2022 - What is the effectiveness of treatment of anal intraepithelial neoplasia and early-stage (Stage I), localized … anal cancer? … What are the harms associated with treatment of anal intraepithelial neoplasia, high-grade squamous intraepithelial … as persons with HPV-related cancers and cancer precursors (i.e., HSILs) KQ 2: Children KQs 4, 5 … Poor (according to design-specific USPSTF criteria) Abbreviations: AIN=anal intraepithelial neoplasia

85. Recommendation: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    August 15, 2011 - The stages of bladder cancer include superficial (Ta or T1) and muscle-invasive tumors. … Many superficial tumors (50% to 70%) will recur after treatment, with a 10% to 20% risk for the tumor … One fourth of all cases of bladder cancer and 20% to 40% of all invasive tumors have already metastasized … Treatment Once bladder cancer has been diagnosed, several factors determine treatment, including tumor … grade, cancer stage (superficial vs. invasive), whether the tumor is recurrent, the patient's age and

86. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening and Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - been reported. 6 , 8 With a median age at diagnosis of 53 years, 9 MM ranks second among adult-onset cancers … signs and symptoms suggesting cutaneous malignancy and the possible benefits of periodic self-examination … Second cancer following cutaneous melanoma and cancers of the brain, thyroid, connective tissue, bone … Model predicting survival in stage I melanoma based on tumor progression. … The effect of various sunscreen agents on skin damage and the introduction induction of tumor susceptibility

87. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2016 - Facts About Skin Cancer Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. … death—less than 0.1 percent of patient deaths are caused by basal and squamous cell carcinoma skin cancers … Like many cancers, the risk of melanoma increases with age. … , or for skin cancers that would never have gone on to harm the person or result in death. … skin cancer and who do not have a history of skin cancer.

88. Archived: Lung Cancer: Screening, May 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 15, 2004 - and also identifies a significantly higher proportion of small (early-stage, resectable) lung cancers … Data from the Mayo Lung Project showed increased rates of early tumors in the CXR/sputum cytology-screened … group compared with the control group, without a change in numbers of advanced tumors or subsequent … mortality rates, suggesting diagnosis of a pool of indolent tumors. 27 The false-positive rate with … American Cancer Society.

89. Screening for Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
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    November 23, 2020 - for Colorectal Cancer. … What is colorectal cancer? … Cancer is a disease in which cells in the body grow out of control and develop into a tumor. … When cancer starts in the colon or rectum, it is called colorectal cancer. … Facts About Colorectal Cancer Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death for

90. Archived: Evidence Summary: Radiation-Induced Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Death: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 11, 2016 - detection rates, and cancer stage at detection, we estimated thresholds at which tumors become screen-detectable … The effect of screening on breast cancer natural history was assessed by modeling continuous tumor growth … , in which tumors detected before they reached their fatal diameter were cured and those detected past … Tumour development, histology and grade of breast cancers: prognosis and progression. … The MISCAN-Fadia continuous tumor growth model for breast cancer.

91. Screening for Breast Cancer Background (pdf file)
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    August 23, 2016 - Screening for Breast Cancer Background Screening for Breast Cancer Final Recommendations … BACKGROUND Summary Mammography is an important tool in reducing the number of deaths due to breast cancer … screening include: • Overdiagnosis and overtreatment, meaning that a woman would undergo treatment for a tumor … biopsies and psychological harms (such as anxiety); and • False-negative test results or missed cancers … Breast cancer caused by radiation, while infrequent, is another potential harm.

92. Screening for Breast Cancer Background (pdf file)
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    August 23, 2016 - Screening for Breast Cancer Background Screening for Breast Cancer Final Recommendations … BACKGROUND Summary Mammography is an important tool in reducing the number of deaths due to breast cancer … screening include: • Overdiagnosis and overtreatment, meaning that a woman would undergo treatment for a tumor … biopsies and psychological harms (such as anxiety); and • False-negative test results or missed cancers … Breast cancer caused by radiation, while infrequent, is another potential harm.

93. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - in women are cancers of the breast, the most common cancer diagnosed in women. 1 The annual incidence … compared to the total of screen-detected cancers plus interval cancers, but one may use a fixed interval … A recent analysis of data by tumor size, nodal status, and stage from the BCDDP, a U.S. screening project … patients in the two groups did not differ in number, size, or nodal status of their tumors. … , and varying biologic characteristics of breast tumors. 52 , 72 The Swedish overview, 40 HIP, 37

94. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    February 15, 2009 - with whole-body examination by primary care clinicians or by self-examination accurately detect skin cancers … with whole-body examination by primary care clinicians or by self-examination accurately detect skin cancers … We used terms skin neoplasms, squamous cell neoplasms, basal cell neoplasms, melanoma , and mass screening … on case patients ( n = 650) in Berwick and colleagues' study 7 were obtained from the Connecticut Tumor … with whole-body examination by primary care clinicians or by self-examination accurately detect skin cancers

95. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 15, 2012 - by PSA screening have a tumor that either will not progress or will progress so slowly that it would … On the basis of PSA level, Gleason score, and tumor stage, approximately 43% had low-risk tumors, 36% … had intermediate-risk tumors, and 21% had high-risk tumors. … The 10-year prostate cancer mortality rate for well- or moderately-differentiated tumors among men aged … The frequency of carcinoma and intraepithelial neoplasia of the prostate in young male patients.

96. Screening for Bladder Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2011 - The stages of bladder cancer include superficial (Ta or T1) and muscle-invasive tumors. … One fourth of all cases of bladder cancer and 20% to 40% of all invasive tumors have already metastasized … Treatment Once bladder cancer has been diagnosed, several fac- tors determine treatment, including tumor … grade, cancer stage (superficial vs. invasive), whether the tumor is recur- rent, the patient’s age … , tumor characteristics, and subsequent treatments.

97. Evidence Summary: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 09, 2021 - Lung-RADS category 4X: does it improve prediction of malignancy in subsolid nodules? … Extrapulmonary findings and malignancies in participants screened with chest CT in the National Lung … harms Estimates were not provided for lifetime risk of radiation-induced cancers or fatal cancers … across studies (range, 20%-80%) and by subgroups defined by clinical characteristics (eg, operability of tumor … in stage I lung cancers of 19% to 27%, decrease in stage IV lung cancers of 14% to 19% were associated

98. Archived: Risk Factors and Other Epidemiologic Considerations for Cervical Cancer Screening: A Narrative Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 15, 2011 - ICC up to age 30 years 47 ; however, there was still uncertainty about its effect on advanced-stage tumors … There was no difference in the aggressiveness of invasive cancers in older women. … Risk of cervical and other cancers after treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: retrospective … Surveillance of screening-detected cancers (colon and rectum, breast, and cervix) — United States, 2004 … Natural history of cervical neoplasia and risk of invasive cancer in women with cervical intraepithelial

99. Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 26, 2016 - Return to Table of Contents Introduction Skin cancer is among the most common cancers … , basal cell and squamous cell cancers) or melanoma skin cancer. … Although NMSC represents more than 97% of skin cancers, 1 melanoma skin cancer is the primary public … tumors larger than 4.00 mm. … rather than earlier detection of invasive tumors, in the absence of changes in mortality. 30 , 31

100. Archived: Letter to the Editor and Response from the Evidence-Based Practice Center: Human Papillomavirus Testing to Screen for Cervical Cancer: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 15, 2012 - In this trial 5 , there were proportionally more cancers with cytology because the cotesting:cytology … Human papilllomavirus DNA testing for the detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 and … intraepithelial neoplasia: a randomised controlled trial. … intraepithelial neoplasia: a randomised controlled trial. … Human papillomavirus testing for the detection of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer