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321. Summary of USPSTF Draft Recommendation: Screening for Cervical Cancer (pdf file)
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     January 13, 2025 - Cervical cancer is a cancer that begins in the cells of the cervix (which is the lower part of the uterus … cervix and do not have a history of a high-grade precancerous lesion (i.e., cervical intraepithelial neoplasia … • Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable and treatable types of cancer. … • Screening for cervical cancer saves lives and helps find cancer early when it is treatable. … ) What Is Cervical Cancer?

322. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2010 - Introduction p. 11 some of these tumor types aren’t “basic” We have removed the word “basic”. … Diagnoses of malignancy on core-needle biopsy that cannot be confirmed on open biopsy are assumed to … Most such tumors would probably be classified as “invasive” in most of the studies. … Results The wide range of prevalence of malignancy from 15% to 68.9% suggests to me that the 15% is … Results p. 50 the evidence seems to suggest a risk of malignancy of much less than 8%.

323. Comparative Effectiveness of Fecal DNA Testing in Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Average Risk Adults. (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - (Noffsinger AE Serrated polyps and colorectal cancer: new pathway to malignancy. … (Noffsinger AE Serrated polyps and colorectal cancer: new pathway to malignancy. … For cancer alone, there in fact is no need to weight since all cancers were included in the analysis … The footnote gives the weight for cancer plus HGD as 0.13; from Table 1, since there are 19 cancers … as 49% for n=39, it follows that 11/19 of cancers were positive and 19/39 cancer +HGD were positive

324. Neds 2006V2 Maskedstats Core (pdf file)
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     April 08, 2010 - cancer of skin 502 0.00 24: Cancer of breast 2265 0.01 25: Cancer of uterus 769 0.00 26: Cancer of … ; other and unspecified primary 741 0.00 42: Secondary malignancies 28918 0.11 43: Malignant neoplasm … without specification of site 1024 0.00 44: Neoplasms of unspecified nature or uncertain behavior 7089 … 0.03 45: Maintenance chemotherapy; radiotherapy 789 0.00 46: Benign neoplasm of uterus 6528 0.03 … 47: Other and unspecified benign neoplasm 10891 0.04 48: Thyroid disorders 7651 0.03 49: Diabetes mellitus

325. Neds 2006 Maskedstats Core (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2006 - cancer of skin 540 0.00 24: Cancer of breast 2563 0.01 25: Cancer of uterus 822 0.00 26: Cancer of … ; other and unspecified primary 706 0.00 42: Secondary malignancies 28799 0.11 43: Malignant neoplasm … without specification of site 1075 0.00 44: Neoplasms of unspecified nature or uncertain behavior 7027 … 0.03 45: Maintenance chemotherapy; radiotherapy 806 0.00 46: Benign neoplasm of uterus 6935 0.03 … 47: Other and unspecified benign neoplasm 11162 0.04 48: Thyroid disorders 8117 0.03 49: Diabetes mellitus

326. Technical Brief Protocol_ 0369 Models of Survivorship Care_2-15-13_v14[1] (pdf file)
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     March 27, 2013 - Search "Survivors"[Mesh] OR survivorship OR survivor Filters: Humans; English 498,795 #10 Search "Neoplasms … Search 23257892[uid] 1 #2 Search "Survivors"[Mesh] OR survivorship OR survivor 771137 #3 Search "Neoplasms … #12 Search (#1 AND #9) 0 #13 Search (#1 AND #9) Schema: all 0 Search (("Survivors"[MAJR] AND "Neoplasms … late effects of treatment, second cancers, and poor quality of life, to provide a knowledge base regarding … optimal followup care and surveillance of cancers, and to optimize health after cancer treatment.

327. Collaborative Modeling to Compare Different Breast Cancer Screening Strategies: A Decision Analysis for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2024 - cycles).43-46 Based on published data, treatment benefit was therefore reduced by 28% for ER-negative tumors … -49, 50-64, 65-74, 75-89 y), screening round/interval (first, annual, biennial) for screen-detected cancers … Underlying incidence in the absence of screening and the propor- tion of tumors that were nonprogressive … Racial and ethnic differences in breast cancer survival: mediating effect of tumor characteristics and … for screening-detected and interval cancers.

328. Archived: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 07, 2004 - Email Print archived Final Recommendation Statement Bladder Cancer … screening would be small, at best, for the following reasons: there is fair evidence that many of the cancers … tests—such as microscopic urinalysis, urine dipstick, urine cytology, or such new tests as bladder tumor … antigen (BTA) or nuclear matrix protein (NMP22) immunoassay—can detect bladder cancers that are clinically … Smoking increases the risk for bladder cancer; about 50% of all cases of bladder cancer occur in current

329. Recommendation: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 09, 2021 - Risk prediction models also were associated with increased the number of over diagnosed lung cancers, … Initially, the NLST reported 119 additional lung cancers (1060 total cancers with LDCT vs 941 with chest … (344 cancers in the LDCT group vs 304 in the control group) were reported in the LDCT group after the … being over diagnosed lung cancers vs 6.0% lung cancers being overdiagnoses with the 2021 screening program … Extrapulmonary findings and malignancies in participants screened with chest CT in the National Lung

330. Chronic Condition Indicator (CCI) for ICD-9-CM
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     July 01, 2025 - Examples of chronic conditions include conditions such as malignancies, diabetes, most forms of mental … All cancers are considered chronic except basal cell carcinomas (173.0-173.9). … All benign neoplasms are considered non-chronic except benign neoplasms of the brain, cranial nerves, … Neoplasms of uncertain behavior are considered non-chronic except neurofibromatosis. … indicator is divided into the following categories: 1 = Infectious and parasitic disease 2 = Neoplasms

331. eCoach: Development and Pilot Testing of a Decision Aid for Prostate Cancer - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2012 - eCoach: Development and Pilot Testing of a Decision Aid for Prostate Cancer - 2012 Project … Prostate cancer is an ideal condition to investigate the use of ECAs because it is the most common cancer … diagnosed among men in the United States, and ranks second for tumor site-specific mortality. … use of prostate-specific antibody (PSA) as a screening test has led to earlier diagnosis of prostate cancers … patients about the risks and benefits of treating their cancer.

332. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Consumer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men other than skin cancer. … cancer? … Your doctor can use your PSA level, Gleason score, and tumor score (T-score) to determine your risk … Tumor Score (T-score) The T-score tells how far your prostate cancer has grown. … cancer.

333. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - Although single test performance is an important issue in the detection of colorectal neoplasia, the … Unfortunately, data that permit assessment and comparison of screening methods to detect colorectal neoplasia … The lead time between the detection and treatment of colorec- tal neoplasia and a mortality benefit … insufficient evi- dence to assess the sensitivity and specificity of fecal DNA testing for colorectal neoplasia … total number of colonoscopies included those resulting from surveillance after detection of colorectal neoplasia

334. Medical Care for Adults with Down Syndrome (pdf file)
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     February 05, 2025 - cancersb Solid tumor cancers, including breast, prostate, testicular, cervical, and colon cancer. … Low risk of solid tumors in persons with Down syndrome. … / or exp "Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal"/ or (hematologic cancer* or hematologic neoplasms or hematologic … Neoplasms/ or liver neoplasms/ or Prostatic Neoplasms/ or Testicular Neoplasms/ or Testicular Neoplasms … / or Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/ or ((cancer* or carcinoma?

335. Medical Care for Adults with Down Syndrome (pdf file)
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     July 09, 2024 - cancersb Solid tumor cancers, including breast, prostate, testicular, cervical, and colon cancer. … Low risk of solid tumors in persons with Down syndrome. … / or exp "Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal"/ or (hematologic cancer* or hematologic neoplasms or hematologic … Neoplasms/ or liver neoplasms/ or Prostatic Neoplasms/ or Testicular Neoplasms/ or Testicular Neoplasms … / or Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/ or ((cancer* or carcinoma?

336. Screening for Cervical Cancer (pdf file)
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     Screening for Cervical Cancer SCREENING FOR CERVICAL CANCER CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. … hysterectomy with removal of the cervix and with no history of high-grade precancer or cervical cancer … and early-stage asymptomatic invasive cervical cancer. … Early-stage cervical cancer may be treated with surgery (hysterectomy) or chemoradiation. … cancer susceptibility.

337. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation Figure. … Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary Population Adults aged 50 to 75 y Adults aged 76 … to 85 y Recommendation Screen for colorectal cancer starting at age 50 y. … Grade: A The decision to screen for colorectal cancer is an individual one. … excision or simple polypectomy for tumors limited to the colonic mucosa or surgical resection (via

338. Screening for Breast Cancer: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2009 - Better understanding of certain facets of tumor biol- ogy is needed, particularly how age, race, breast … density, and other factors may predispose certain women toward tumors with faster growth rates and greater … mam- mography seen in trials presumably results from the early detection of smaller, earlier-stage tumors … Knowledge of what deter- mines the rapidity with which invasive cancer can spread (tumor characteristics … and economic efficiency of inter- ventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers

339. Measure: Overuse of Imaging for Headache and Seizure, Policy for ALARA Specific to Imaging Children (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2015 - However, the technology involves an increased risk for secondary cancer following exposure to radiation … to weigh the benefits of information obtained from imaging in light of the increased risk of latent malignancy … MP, et al., Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood and subsequent risk of leukemia and brain tumors … . 2American College of Radiology (ACR) Statement on recent studies regarding CT scans and increased cancer … Position-Statements/Position-Statements-Folder/ACR-Statement-on-Recent-Studies-Regarding-CT-Scans-and-Increased-Cancer-Risk

340. Most Common Diagnoses and Procedures in U.S. Community Hospitals, 1996
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     February 11, 2011 - Cancer of head and neck [11] 4,951 7.17 0.01 … Other and unspecified benign neoplasm [47] 8,188 12.57 0.02 … Secondary malignancies [42] 3,784 5.91 0.01 … Other and unspecified benign neoplasm [47] 8,058 12.64 0.02 … Neoplasms of unspecified nature 2,911 4.65 0.01