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61. Screening for Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2022 - population.8,20 Benefits of Early Detection and Treatment The USPSTF reviewed 3 nonrandomized studies evaluating … the US differ from the characteristics in avail- able studies.8,20 Given the limitations in studies evaluating … .8,20 Harms of Screening and Treatment The USPSTF reviewed 2 small fair-quality nonrandomized studies evaluating

62. Screening for Osteoporosis: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2012 - evidence identified in the 2002 USPSTF recommendation and ex- panded the scope of the previous review by evaluating … Previous studies evaluating the accuracy of DXA for predicting fractures have focused mainly on women … Also, all trials evaluating drug therapies for osteoporosis use DXA measurements as inclu- sion criteria … Evaluating the value of repeat bone mineral density measurement and prediction of fractures in older

63. Archived: Breast Cancer: Medications for Risk Reduction | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction-2002
    July 08, 2002 - anti-estrogen properties (a selective estrogen receptor modulator). 4 A meta-analysis of 55 studies evaluating … more likely to be taking hormone replacement therapy or to have had an oopherectomy. 1 The study evaluating

64. Archived: Editorial: Convergence and Divergence Around Breast Cancer Screening: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/convergence-and-divergence-around-breast-cancer-screening/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
    January 11, 2016 - coverage established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the USPSTF's role is limited to evaluating

65. Archived: Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan54/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
    April 17, 2014 - would not be applicable to most practice settings) for endoscopy studies (e.g., small studies aimed at evaluating

66. Archived: Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/update-on-the-methods-of-the-us-preventive-services-task-force-estimating-certainty-and-magnitude-of-net-bene%EF%AC%81t/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
    December 15, 2007 - Preventive Services Task Force for Evaluating Evidence Related Both to Key Questions and to the Overall … resonance angiography, and patients and surgeons are similar to those in the clinical trials), screening, evaluating … Preventive Services Task Force for Evaluating Evidence Related Both to Key Questions and to the Overall

67. Recommendation: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    February 13, 2018 - In addition, studies evaluating the benefits and harms of these screening strategies in asymptomatic … Effectiveness of Screening The USPSTF reviewed direct evidence evaluating the benefits of screening … for ovarian cancer on mortality. 3 The USPSTF identified 3 good-quality studies evaluating the effect

68. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2017 - STUDY SELECTION English-language randomized clinical trials (RCTs); studies evaluating accuracy of screening … Studies evaluating continuous positive airway pres- sure (CPAP), mandibular advancement devices (MADs … The study evaluating the Berlin Questionnaire randomly sampled Norwegians from the National Population … evaluating type III portable monitors, and 1 systematic review and 14 subsequent studies evaluating … None of the included studies evaluating MVAP prospectively measured cali- bration, often assessed by

69. Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening
    September 14, 2021 - of risk stratification and screening strategies for identifying persons at increased risk, and a KQ evaluating … Evidence evaluating risk prediction tools indicated suboptimal accuracy and require validation in US … to screening, studies comparing screening intervals or alternative screening strategies, and studies evaluating … Additional screening studies evaluating extragenital testing may also inform strategies for expanded

70. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2021 - Task Force (USPSTF) commissioned a reaffirmation evidence update focusing on targeted key questions evaluating … enough to change the prior recommendation.13 The reaffirmation update focuses on targeted key questions evaluating … • Direct evidence evaluating the benefits and harms of screening for syphilis in adolescents.

71. Evidence Summary: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening
    January 23, 2024 - Two RCTs evaluating relatively intensive parental group training interventions (11 sessions) found benefit … for different measures of expressive language skills, and 1 evaluating a less intensive intervention … Two RCTs (n = 76) evaluating the Lidcombe Program of Early Stuttering Intervention delivered by speech-language … quality of life/wellbeing in children 43 , 53 and found no difference between groups, while 1 RCT evaluating … Cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of computer-assisted intervention delivered

72. Evidence Summary: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/vitamin-d-calcium-or-combined-supplementation-for-the-primary-prevention-of-fractures-in-adults-preventive-medication
    April 17, 2018 - No studies evaluating the effects of vitamin D alone on incident kidney stones were identified. … consistent with the findings of the prior review on behalf of the USPSTF, 5 since only 2 new studies evaluating … Studies evaluating harms varied in specificity of definition or rigor of harm outcome ascertainment, … Study Characteristics of Randomized Clinical Trials Evaluating the Effect of Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined … b One RCT was identified that was registered with a primary study aim of evaluating the effect of calcium

73. Final Evidence Summary: Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary27/screening-depression-suicide-risk-children-adolescents
    October 11, 2022 - 76 One study of the accuracy of the full PHQ modified for adolescents was included, but no studies evaluating … implementation of suicide risk screening in medical settings, including for youth in primary care. 84 One study evaluating … The evidence was rated as low for benefit on suicidal ideation; insufficient for evaluating outcomes … Evaluating the efficacy of internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy blended with synchronous chat … Evaluating iatrogenic risk of youth suicide screening programs: a randomized controlled trial.

74. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-screening-july-2016
    July 26, 2016 - studies on the test characteristics of the clinical visual skin examination have been published: 1 evaluating … screening performed by primary care clinicians and 1 evaluating screening performed by dermatologists … in melanoma mortality were observed among both men and women. 15 Furthermore, an independent study evaluating

75. Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/MnkNvteY4Yg_8Jut4SayVN
    July 02, 2002 - anti-estrogen properties (a selective estrogen receptor modulator).4 A meta-analysis of 55 studies evaluating … were more likely to be taking hormone replacement therapy or to have had an oopherectomy.1 The study evaluating

76. Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/osteoporosis-screening
    January 14, 2025 - For KQ4 and KQ5, RCTs or controlled cohort studies (for harms only) evaluating US Food and Drug Administration … For predictive accuracy of studies evaluating risk assessment instruments, the ROB of each instrument … In women, AUCs ranged from 0.32 to 0.87 across 35 articles evaluating 11 instruments (eFigure 5 in the … As in the prior report, the SOE is insufficient for evaluating the effect of treatment on very rare harms … Evaluating the value of repeat bone mineral density measurement and prediction of fractures in older

77. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    July 20, 2021 - Although studies evaluating stool-based tests using USPSTF Review: Screening for Colorectal Cancer US … No studies were found evaluating the effectiveness of CT colonography, high-sensitivity gFOBT, sDNA with … Colonoscopy Two large, prospective observational studies37,47 (n = 436 927) evaluating the association … Several adequately powered studies currently underway are evaluating the comparative effec- tiveness … Problems of spectrum and bias in evaluating the efficacy of diagnostic tests.

78. Evidence Summary: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
    August 24, 2021 - Study Selection: English-language controlled studies evaluating screening or interventions for prediabetes … This review included 5 RCTs (described in 8 articles) evaluating interventions for recently diagnosed … Most trials evaluating hypoglycemic agents found no statistically significant association with changes … Randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of behavioural interventions to modify cardiovascular … Delaying or Preventing Progression to Diabetes: Results of Meta-Analyses of Trials Evaluating Interventions

79. Evidence Summary: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/sexually-transmitted-infections-behavioral-counseling
    August 18, 2020 - Other reviews that have focused on different settings, study designs, and populations in evaluating STI … It is encouraging that there were new studies evaluating low– and moderate–contact time interventions … Evaluating a brief, video-based sexual risk reduction intervention and assessment reactivity with STI … Evaluating personalized feedback intervention framing with a randomized controlled trial to reduce young … Evaluating a culturally tailored HIV risk reduction intervention among Hispanic women delivered in a

80. VitaminD, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Yc24U4wMLXGoqE5NjwRVA6
    April 17, 2018 - Study Characteristics of Randomized Clinical Trials Evaluating the Effect of Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined … No studies evaluating the effects of vitamin D alone on incident kidney stones were identified. … consistent with the find- ings of the prior review on behalf of the USPSTF,5 since only 2 new studies evaluating … Stud- ies evaluating harms varied in specificity of definition or rigor of harm outcome ascertainment … 0.80 (95% CI, 0.63 to 1.00). b One RCT was identified that was registered with a primary study aim of evaluating