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201. Understanding Task Force Recommendations: Screening for Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2012 - It concluded that the expected harms of PSA screening are greater than the potential benefit. … These tests can cause harms such as fever, infection, bleeding, urinary problems, and pain. … To learn more about prostate cancer treatments and their potential harms, visit the Web sites at the … The expected harms are greater than the small potential benefit. 1The Task Force recommends against … Weigh the potential benefits and harms of PSA screening and any treatment that may result.

202. Screening for Thyroid Dysfunction (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2015 - recommendation statement summarizes what the Task Force learned about the potential benefits and harms … screening for thyroid dysfunction: There is not enough evidence to determine the potential benefits and harms … Potential Benefits and Harms of Screening for Thyroid Dysfunction The Task Force reviewed studies on … the potential benefits and harms of screening for thyroid dysfunction in adults who are not pregnant … The Task Force also did not find direct evidence about the potential harms of thyroid screening.

203. Screening for Hypertension in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2013 - recommendation statement summarizes what the Task Force learned about the potential benefits and harms … Potential Benefits and Harms The Task Force reviewed studies that looked at the accuracy of screening … They also looked at the benefits and harms of treating high blood pressure in children and teens. … Finally, the Task Force also found very little evidence about potential harms of screening. … They are also based on the size of the potential benefits and harms.

204. 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
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     December 15, 2007 - It then assesses the certainty of the evidence and the magnitude of the benefits and harms. … "net benefit" (that is, benefits minus harms). … Data about harms are often obtained from observational studies because harms observed in RCTs may not … The harms of screening for carotid artery stenosis, including the harms from carotid angiography to confirm … in harms as a direct consequence of the service or for other downstream reasons.

205. 14th Annual Report to Congress: High-Priority Evidence Gaps Across the Lifespan, in All Communities (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Potential harms may include inaccurate test results, harms from invasive followup tests, harms from … psychosocial harms, and overdiagnosis. … • The long-term harms (at least 2 years) of pharmacotherapy. … • The long-term harms of behavioral interventions. … anxiety, other psychosocial harms, and overdiagnosis.

206. Draft Research Plan: Glaucoma: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 13, 2020 - What are the harms of screening for open-angle glaucoma vs. no screening? … What are the harms of medical therapies for open-angle glaucoma vs. placebo or no therapy? … What are the harms of newly FDA-approved medical therapies vs. older medical therapies? … What are the harms of treatment of open-angle glaucoma with laser trabeculoplasty vs. no trabeculoplasty … damage, visual impairment (defined as visual acuity <20/70 or <20/100), quality of life, function, and harms

207. Draft Research Plan: Screening for Glaucoma | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 13, 2020 - What are the harms of screening for open-angle glaucoma vs. no screening? … What are the harms of medical therapies for open-angle glaucoma vs. placebo or no therapy? … What are the harms of newly FDA-approved medical therapies vs. older medical therapies? … What are the harms of treatment of open-angle glaucoma with laser trabeculoplasty vs. no trabeculoplasty … damage, visual impairment (defined as visual acuity <20/70 or <20/100), quality of life, function, and harms

208. Draft Research Plan: Screening for Primary-Angle Glaucoma | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 13, 2020 - What are the harms of screening for open-angle glaucoma vs. no screening? … What are the harms of medical therapies for open-angle glaucoma vs. placebo or no therapy? … What are the harms of newly FDA-approved medical therapies vs. older medical therapies? … What are the harms of treatment of open-angle glaucoma with laser trabeculoplasty vs. no trabeculoplasty … damage, visual impairment (defined as visual acuity <20/70 or <20/100), quality of life, function, and harms

209. Draft Research Plan: Anal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 08, 2022 - What are the harms associated with screening for anal cancer? … What are the harms associated with treatment of anal intraepithelial neoplasia, high-grade squamous intraepithelial … co-testing KQ 3: False-positive results, irritation, pain, bleeding, overdiagnosis, psychosocial harms … , and additional tests and subsequent harms (e.g., biopsy causing an adverse event) KQ 4: Incidence … trials are eligible for all KQs KQ 2: Studies evaluating accuracy are also eligible KQs 3, 5 (harms

210. Recommendation: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 24, 2022 - The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms … The evidence is lacking, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be determined. … The harms of screening in a primary care setting have not been adequately studied. … Harms of Screening and Treatment No studies were available on the harms of screening for visual impairment … Harms of early detection and intervention and treatment Inadequate evidence to determine the harms

211. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Seeks Comments on Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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     April 03, 2017 - Clinicians should talk to men ages 55 to 69 about the potential benefits and harms of screening. … The potential harms from screening and treatment, however, may occur immediately. … The harms of screening include frequent false- http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/ http:// … The harms associated with treatment commonly include sexual impotence and urinary incontinence. … Men who are more interested in avoiding the potential harms may choose not to be screened,” says Task

212. Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     April 04, 2019 - have imperfect sensitivity and specificity and could lead to unnecessary surgery and result in serious harms … Balance of Benefits and Harms The harms of screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis outweigh

213. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - It then assesses the certainty of the evidence and the magnitude of the benefits and harms. … esti- mate “net benefit” (that is, benefits minus harms). … Data about harms are often ob- tained from observational studies because harms observed in RCTs may not … The harms of screening for carotid artery stenosis, including the harms from carotid angiography to confirm … in harms as a direct consequence of the service or for other downstream reasons.

214. Preventing Dental Caries in Children from Birth Through Age Five Years (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - recommendation statement summarizes what the Task Force learned about the potential benefits and harms … Potential Benefits and Harms of Actions to Prevent Tooth Decay in Young Children Most young children … The Task Force found that any harms from these actions are likely to be small. … The Task Force found that any harms of screening are likely to be very small. … They also are based on the size of the potential benefits and harms.

215. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Potential Benefits and Harms of Screening for IPV and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults The main … The potential harms of IPV screening and programs are small. … The Task Force also did not find evidence that screening can help prevent abuse or reduce its harms. … They are also based on the size of the potential benefits and harms. … When there is not enough evidence to judge potential benefits and harms, the Task Force does not make

216. JAMA (pdf file)
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     June 09, 2020 - potential harms from screening for drug use such as labeling and stigmatization. … Harms of Screening and Treatment Screening No studies addressed the harms of screening in adults or adolescents … Few harms or serious adverse events were reported. … interventions identified harms or adverse events. … considerations that may address these harms.

217. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     May 10, 2022 - ) on nonpharmacologic interventions, and 2 large observational studies (n = 243 517) addressing the harms … None of the included treatment trials that reported adverse effects found significant harms. … oldera Improved health-related quality of life Reduced morbidity or mortality Health outcomes 2 Harms … Harms not consistently reported in trials of nonpharmacologic interventions NA Abbreviations: COPD … None of the included trials that reported adverse effects found significant harms.

218. Archived: Final Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 27, 2014 - in the review, including population, interventions, intermediate and clinical health outcomes, and harms … branch in the framework splits patients into normal and abnormal groups, and an offshoot arrow assesses harms … leading from the abnormal group to incidence of improved vision, and an offshoot arrow that assesses harms … What are the harms associated with vision screening in asymptomatic older adults? … What are the harms associated with treating early impairment in visual acuity due to uncorrected refractive

219. Screening for iron deficiency anemia in young children literature surveillance report 2023 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - Task Force concluded that the current evidence was insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms … performance of risk assessment tools to identify children who are at increased risk for IDA; • The harms … Outcomes at one year include cognitive and functioning measures and serum ferritin and hemoglobin levels; harms … Rates of iron deficiency and anemia at 6 months and intervention-related harms are reported.5 Three

220. 827Cwgymvawpvovg Syjpf (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - and harms of screening for iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women. … Several stud- ies assessed the harms of iron supplementation in pregnant women. … Most reported no statistically signifi- cant increase in harms. … Potential Harms The harms of screening for iron deficiency anemia have not been well-studied but are … reported on the harms of screening or early treatment (2).