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101. Recommendation: Thyroid Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 09, 2017 - or multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome (type 2A or 2B). … for potential harms of radioactive iodine remnant ablation or therapy. 7 Estimates of a secondary malignancy … The majority of the tumors were tiny (diameter <1 to 3 mm). … The risk of second primary malignancies up to three decades after the treatment of differentiated thyroid … Rising incidence of second cancers in patients with low-risk (T1N0) thyroid cancer who receive radioactive

102. Iqi 09 Pancreatic Resection Mortality Rate (pdf file)
     qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/IQI/v2020/TechSpecs/IQI_09_Pancreatic_Resection_Mortality_Rate.pdf
     March 01, 2021 - neoplasm of duodenum C253 Malignant neoplasm of pancreatic duct C240 Malignant neoplasm of extrahepatic … bile duct C254 Malignant neoplasm of endocrine pancreas C241 Malignant neoplasm of ampulla of … vater C257 Malignant neoplasm of other parts of pancreas C250 Malignant neoplasm of head of pancreas … C258 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of pancreas C251 Malignant neoplasm of body of pancreas … C259 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas, unspecified C252 Malignant neoplasm of tail of pancreas Pancreatic

103. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: A Brief Evidence Update (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - screening for ovarian cancer by ultrasound, the measurement of serum tumor markers, or pelvic examination … Although several other tumor markers have been associated with ovarian cancer, they have not been widely … Treatment of diagnosed cancers includes surgery and chemotherapy or other adjuvant therapy for tumors … Approximately 65% of tumors in this study were stage I. … No. 04-0542-B May 2004 8 Dates include January 1995–December 2002 1 exp Ovarian Neoplasms/ or ovarian

104. Effective Treatment Trends and Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - Report Section 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Cancer … 2 4 2 2 4 4 4 2 1 1 2 Cancer Accidents 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 … Diseases Kidney disease 9                 10 9 Chronic Kidney Disease Benign … neoplasms   9 10 10                 Septicemia   8 9       … Cancer . Chronic kidney disease . Diabetes . HIV and AIDS .

105. Final Evidence Review: Testicular Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review96/testicular-cancer-screening
     September 15, 2010 - year searched by the previous USPSTF review) and 11 November 2009, using the search terms testicular neoplasm … to 19 mo) Assignment to type of surgery was not randomized No difference in short-term tumor … After 5 years of follow-up, only 1 participant received a diagnosis of a testicular germ-cell tumor after … Trends in the incidence of testicular germ cell tumors in the United States. Cancer. 2003;97:63-70. … High incidence of benign testicular neoplasms diagnosed by ultrasound. J Urol. 2003;170:1783-6.

106. Iqi 09 Pancreatic Resection Mortality Rate (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2021 - neoplasm of duodenum C253 Malignant neoplasm of pancreatic duct C240 Malignant neoplasm of extrahepatic … bile duct C254 Malignant neoplasm of endocrine pancreas C241 Malignant neoplasm of ampulla of … vater C257 Malignant neoplasm of other parts of pancreas C250 Malignant neoplasm of head of pancreas … C258 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of pancreas C251 Malignant neoplasm of body of pancreas … C259 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas, unspecified C252 Malignant neoplasm of tail of pancreas Pancreatic

107. Evidence Summary: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary14/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
     October 15, 2010 - tissue) tumors. … 25% present as invasive tumors 12 . … invasive tumor 7 . … tumor marker. … / exp Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/di exp Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/ge exp "Sensitivity and Specificity

108. Technical Brief: Evaluation of Suspicious Skin Lesions Using Non-Invasive Diagnostic Techniques | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 23, 2010 - malignancies. … examine how these emerging non-invasive imaging modalities could be used to help diagnose cancerous tumors … whether or not patients have a history of other malignancies. … The rationale for this is the growing recognition of skin cancer as a leading form of second malignancy … Association of nonmelanoma skin cancer with second malignancy.

109. Cancer in Children | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 19, 2020 - Research Protocol November 19, 2020 Disparities and Barriers for Pediatric Cancer

110. Introducing the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-cancer-care-yost.pdf
     June 13, 2017 - Introducing the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey ©2017 MFMER | slide-32 CAHPS Cancer Care Survey Sampling … • Received radiation therapy, drug therapy, or surgery for cancer at the specified cancer center … Cancer Surgery • See the document “Fielding the CAHPS® Cancer Care Survey” for specific algorithms … MFMER | slide-38 Sampling Recommendations • Multiple criteria must be met ICD-10 CM diagnosis of malignant … neoplasm and The diagnosis is associated with (i.e., on the same billing line) a cancer treatment

111. Treatment of Non-metastatic Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 21, 2014 - Stage 2 cancers are muscle-invasive, and higher stage cancers invade beyond the muscle layer into surrounding … Stage T4b cancer, in which the tumor has spread to the pelvis or abdominal wall, bladder cancer involving … Approximately 25 percent of newly diagnosed bladder cancers present as stage 2 or higher tumors. 6 Once … These include the stage of the cancer, tumor grade, whether the tumor is an initial tumor or a recurrence … and Treatment of Non-metastatic Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer exp Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/ (42649

112. Statistical Brief #22
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     January 22, 2007 - Hospital stays for cervical cancer and all female-specific cancers had comparable lengths of stay (3.7 … Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (endocervix) – 180.1 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (exocervix … ) – 180.8 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (other specified sites of cervix) – 180.9 Malignant … Hospital stays for cervical cancer compared with hospital stays for all female-specific cancers, 2004 … *   Hospital stays for cervical cancer Hospital stays for all female-specific cancers Number

113. Screening for Oral Cancer: A Brief Evidence Update (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2004 - The MEDLINE search strategy combined the exploded MeSH heading of oral neoplasm with lip neoplasm, tongue … neoplasm, and pharynx neoplasm and crossed the result with mass screening, yielding 88 articles. … A second search was conducted crossing the exploded MeSH headings of mouth neoplasms or oral cancer with … Forty-seven cancers (7 resultant deaths) were diagnosed in the intervention group and 16 cancers (9 resultant … Micronuclei, a biomarker for chemoprevention trials: results of a randomized study in oral pre-malignancy

114. Screening for Testicular Cancer: An Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2010 - searched by the previous USPSTF re­ view) and 11 November 2009, using the search terms tes­ ticular neoplasm … cancer, and 6 specifically designed germ-cell tumors; as a screening test healthy patients polymerase … range, 1 to 19 mo) Assignment to type of surgery was not randomized No difference in short-term tumor … After 5 years of follow-up, only 1 participant received a diagnosis of a testicular germ-cell tumor … High incidence of benign testicular neoplasms diagnosed by ultrasound. J Urol. 2003;170:1783-6.

115. Screening Adults for Bladder Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2010 - tissue) tumors. … 25% present as invasive tumors (12). … invasive tumor (7). … Evidence on the natural history of asymptomatic bladder cancer is lacking because tumors are typically … tumor marker.

116. Rapid Response: Efficacy of Dental Services for Reducing Adverse Events in Those Receiving Chemotherapy for Cancer (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - The cancer conditions included acute leukemias, clinically advanced multiple myeloma, solid tumors with … Management of the neck in early oral cancers: Is the verdict out? … potential dental focal infection before the first cycle of chemotherapy in patients with hematologic malignancy … searched: December 16, 2022 1 Bone Marrow Transplantation/ or exp Immunosuppression Therapy/ or exp Neoplasms … leukemia* or lymphom* or malig* or neoplas* or onco* or radiat* or radiotherap* or "radio-therap*" or tumor

117. Statistical Brief #68: Hospitalizations for Brain Cancer, 2006 (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2009 - About 40 percent of these brain tumors are malignant.1 Cancerous brain tumors can grow rapidly and … Specific locations of brain cancers Table 2 shows the percentage of hospital stays for brain cancer … ) and higher rates for infratentorial tumors, or tumors in the lower brain (cerebellar and brain stem … In general, frontal lobe tumor hospitalizations decrease with age while temporal and parietal lobe tumor … and radiotherapy (6.0 percent), secondary malignancies (1.0 percent), and other cancers (0.9 percent

118. Data Points #16: Changes across time and geography in the use of prostate radiation technologies for newly diagnosed older cancer patients: 2006-2008 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 30, 2012 - outcomes, especially in higher risk tumors, although evidence is lacking. … Prior examinations of the same database have shown tumor characteristics such as size or stage to be … Higher doses of CRT are associated with lower tumor recurrence rates. … If CRT becomes less accessible, we may expect IMRT use to increase in other tumors, perhaps even in tumors … Monitoring IMRT use should be a priority for these other cancers as well as for groups of prostate cancer

119. 2011Nedserratanotification022415 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2015 - - 119,946 110,756 129,136 123,304 113,276 133,333 43: Malignant neoplasm without specification of site … neoplasm of uterus -- 45,619 40,210 51,027 45,386 39,992 50,781 47: Other and unspecified benign neoplasm … neoplasm of uterus -- 17.9% 15.9% 19.8% 17.7% 15.8% 19.7% 47: Other and unspecified benign neoplasm … neoplasm of uterus -- 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 47: Other and unspecified benign neoplasm … neoplasm of uterus -- 0.01% -0.01% 0.03% 0.01% -0.01% 0.03% 47: Other and unspecified benign neoplasm

120. Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary19/colorectal-cancer-screening
     May 18, 2021 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, test accuracy in detecting cancers … Among all cancers, it is third in incidence and cause of cancer death for both men and women. 1 In addition … entails exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation (range, 0.8 to 5.3 mSv), which may increase the risk of malignancy … Interval cancers in a population-based screening program for colorectal cancer in Catalonia, Spain. … Extracolonic tumors of the gastrointestinal tract detected incidentally at screening CT colonography.