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141. Archived: Oral Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/oral-cancer-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - early detection in improving prognosis. 15 Prospective trials of screening for oral cancer, although difficult

142. Screening for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/2kM7LY6ccceVo8bmdUXhYm
     September 01, 2002 - along with the lack of methods to integrate bone density results with clinical predictors, makes it difficult … Fracture risk is determined not only by bone density, but also by bone characteristics that are difficult … difficult to provide ethnicity-specific screening recommendations in the absence of more evidence. … I, II-2 Poor-fair: difficult to know how risks impact individual patients. Appendix Table 1.

143. Screening for Peripheral Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment With the Ankle-Brachial Index: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/acqA29t-vpgphFscNPEfG8
     January 01, 2020 - The true prevalence of PAD is difficult to establish, because more than half of persons with a low ABI … to 74 years and included screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm and high blood pressure, making it difficult

144. Recommendation: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cognitive-impairment-in-older-adults-screening
     February 25, 2020 - with MCI may return to normal cognition over approximately 4 to 5 years. 4-6 The prevalence of MCI is difficult … nature of interventions and inconsistency in the outcomes reported, which make cross-study comparisons difficult

145. Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Support Breastfeeding: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/r77BgfGVeBPRDME-DpBvFk
     April 08, 2025 - Black women often report returning to work early, at 6 to 8 weeks postpartum, which may make it more difficult … Generally, the number of participants analyzed for each of these outcomes was much smaller, making it difficult

146. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
     June 15, 2016 - Stool-based screening requires persons to handle their feces, which may be difficult for some, but the … false-positive rate, empirical evidence on appropriate follow-up of abnormal results is lacking, making it difficult … Given the frequency with which these incidental findings occur, it is difficult to accurately understand

147. Archived: High Blood Cholesterol and Other Lipid Abnormalities: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-cholesterol-other-lipid-abnormalities-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - knowledge, 77 fat consumption, 78 average cholesterol levels, 79 and CHD mortality, 14 but it is difficult … Demonstrating a clinical benefit of modern cholesterol-lowering diets in asymptomatic persons has proven difficult … Adults Determining the benefits of lowering cholesterol in children, adolescents, and young adults is difficult … many adolescents and young adults, is associated with lipid levels, progresses with age, 6 and is difficult

148. Archived: Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/osteoporosis-screening-2002
     September 17, 2002 - along with the lack of methods to integrate bone density results with clinical predictors, makes it difficult … Fracture risk is determined not only by bone density, but also by bone characteristics that are difficult … No bone density studies or treatment trials include large numbers of non-white women, and it may be difficult … Poor-fair: difficult to know how risks impact individual patients.

149. Archived: Breastfeeding: Counseling, July 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breastfeeding-counseling-2003
     July 01, 2003 - industrialized countries. 18-20 Those that have been conducted used multiple interventions, making it difficult

150. Archived: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/preeclampsia-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Screening Tests Screening tests for preeclampsia are difficult

151. Archived: Syphilis Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - titers after treatment for syphilis has also been reported in some HIV-infected persons, making it difficult

152. Screening for Peripheral Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment With the Ankle-Brachial Index in Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/jX6LgJPwAUuzYHYoaQ9Mqp
     September 01, 2013 - Thus, the true burden of asymptomatic, screen- detected PAD is difficult to determine. … These 4 studies and the ABI Collaboration meta-analysis are difficult to compare be- cause of differences

153. Archived: Hearing Impairment: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hearing-impairment-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - confirmed. 35 Evaluation of neonates and infants below the age of 2-3 years with audiometry is more difficult … and changing nature of the conductive loss, varying patient cooperation, conditions that make testing difficult

154. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/zHvENvrSUeZh6gFPUK_37c
     February 13, 2018 - therefore, use of clini- cal symptoms for risk stratification for the early detection of dis- ease is difficult … ; therefore, use of clinical symptoms for risk stratification for the early detection of disease is difficult

155. Final Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/skin-cancer-counseling
     March 20, 2018 - persons die from nonmelanoma skin cancer each year. 6 The true prevalence of nonmelanoma skin cancer is difficult … However, most individual measures were not statistically significant, and it was difficult to determine

156. Archived: Screening for Depression in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/depression-in-adults-screening
     January 26, 2016 - life stress, decreased social support, single/unpartnered relationship status, history of depression, difficult … life stress, decreased social support, single/unpartnered relationship status, history of depression, difficult

157. Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-6-methods-arriving-recommendation
     July 06, 2017 - Assessment of the magnitude of harm may be more difficult than assessment of benefit for many reasons … many, understanding that screening and preventive tests and procedures can cause harm is conceptually difficult

158. Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-6-methods-arriving-recommendation
     July 06, 2017 - Assessment of the magnitude of harm may be more difficult than assessment of benefit for many reasons … many, understanding that screening and preventive tests and procedures can cause harm is conceptually difficult

159. Screening for Skin Cancer: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/nfQJhay7BJKbhy35DV37xK
     January 01, 2001 - over time in ascertainment, diagnostic cri- teria, self-examination, and registry procedures make it difficult … The pathologic diagnosis of suspicious pigmented le- sions can be difficult, especially for borderline … even when the melanoma is very thin and has an excellent prognosis, obtaining insurance can be very difficult

160. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening, April 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/skin-cancer-screening-2001
     April 01, 2001 - over time in ascertainment, diagnostic criteria, self-examination, and registry procedures make it difficult … The pathologic diagnosis of suspicious pigmented lesions can be difficult, especially for borderline … even when the melanoma is very thin and has an excellent prognosis, obtaining insurance can be very difficult