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1. Procedure Manual Appendix IV. Roles and Responsibilities of USPSTF Members Serving as a Topic Lead | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   July 01, 2017 - Roles and Responsibilities of USPSTF Members Serving as a Topic Lead Share to Facebook … One of the Task Force leads serves as the primary lead for that topic. … Additional responsibilities of the primary lead (formerly known as the "lead lead"), beyond those of … Calls may be scheduled if and only if the primary lead plus at least one other Task Force topic lead … Roles and Responsibilities of USPSTF Members Serving as a Topic Lead . U.S.

2. Archived: Final Research Plan: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan21/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening-september-2014
   June 15, 2013 - The treatment could lead to reduced complications of the gonococcal or chlamydial infection, and it may … lead to reduced transmission or acquisition of disease. … diagnosed with a gonococcal or chlamydia infection, and they may go through treatment, which could lead … The treatment could lead to reduced complications of the gonococcal or chlamydial infection and to reduced … The treatment could also lead to reduced tramsmission of the infection to the newborn, and it may lead

3. Summary of USPSTF Draft Recommendation: Screening for Cervical Cancer (pdf file)
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   January 13, 2025 - cervical cancer are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection that can lead … An HPV test tells you whether someone has HPV, including the types of HPV that are most likely to lead … there are some harms associated with screening, including false-positive results, which can then lead

4. Overdiagnosis in Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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   May 01, 2018 - The modeling studies we discuss use the lead time approach; lead time is derived as an intermediate … The lead time approach to estimate overdiagnosis is also conceptually simple. … Using the lead time approach, models generate estimates of lead time and age at screen detection, couple … In all three models, lead time is an intermediate estimate made using the model and estimates of lead … PSA screening is superimposed to estimate lead time.

5. Overdiagnosis in Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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   May 01, 2018 - The modeling studies we discuss use the lead time approach; lead time is derived as an intermediate … The lead time approach to estimate overdiagnosis is also conceptually simple. … Using the lead time approach, models generate estimates of lead time and age at screen detection, couple … In all three models, lead time is an intermediate estimate made using the model and estimates of lead … PSA screening is superimposed to estimate lead time.

6. Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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   A positive finding should lead to a follow-up interview, which, if positive, should lead to a full diagnostic

7. Screening for Overweight in Children and Adolescents: Where Is the Evidence? (pdf file)
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   July 01, 2005 - been identified correctly); and whether intermediate outcomes such as weight loss or stabilization lead … Arrow 4: Do interventions lead to improved intermediate outcomes, including behavioral, physiologic or … Arrow 5: Do interventions (behavioral counseling, pharmacotherapy, surgery) lead to improved health outcomes … Arrow 4: Do interventions lead to improved intermediate outcomes, including behavioral, physiologic or … Rivara FP, Whitaker R, Sherman PM, Cuttler L Influencing the childhood behaviors that lead to obesity

8. Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures; Screening for osteoporosis can help prevent fractures in women 65 years and older and in younger women who have gone through menopause and are at increased risk (pdf file)
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/osteoporosis-screening-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
   July 08, 2024 - applies to adults who do not have a history of prior fragility fractures or health conditions that could lead … often women don’t know they have osteoporosis until after a fracture occurs, and these fractures can lead … She is the lead health equity strategist for the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing

9. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation on Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (pdf file)
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   January 14, 2025 - applies to adults who do not have a history of prior fragility fractures or health conditions that could lead … “Too often, the first sign of osteoporosis is a broken bone, which can lead to serious health issues, … She is the lead health equity strategist for the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing

10. Final Research Plan: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 03, 2015 - asymptomatic adults using nontraditional risk factors—followed by treatment specific to risk level—lead … Does treatment guided by nontraditional risk factors in addition to traditional risk factors lead to … Does nontraditional risk factor assessment lead to improved patient adherence to risk factor modification

11. Procedure Manual Section 1. Overview of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Structure and Processes | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 01, 2013 - Member may participate as primary lead, and may discuss and vote on the topic 3 Any relevant financial … for topic workgroup Member may not participate as the primary lead of the topic workgroup specific to … the conflict, but may serve as a lead on the topic workgroup and discuss and vote on the topic. … Member may not serve as a lead on the topic workgroup Member may not participate as a lead in the topic … Recusal from all participation in topic activities Member may not participate as a lead on the topic

12. Conflict of Interest Disclosures | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 01, 2025 - vary according to the nature of the conflict and may include preventing the member from serving as lead … member of the topic workgroup, participate in topic discussions, and vote, but may not be the primary lead

13. Archived: Screening and Interventions for Childhood Obesity: Where Is the Evidence? A Commentary by the Childhood Obesity Working Group of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 11, 2005 - been identified correctly); and whether intermediate outcomes such as weight loss or stabilization lead … Rivara FP, Whitaker R, Sherman PM, Cuttler L Influencing the childhood behaviors that lead to obesity … Arrow 4: Do interventions lead to improved intermediate outcomes, including behavioral, physiologic … Arrow 5: Do interventions (behavioral counseling, pharmacotherapy, surgery) lead to improved health

14. Procedure Manual Section 7. Formulation of Task Force Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 21, 2025 - In this case, the individual member or the primary topic lead speaks with the Chairs, requests a vote

15. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    February 15, 2009 - Basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer uncommonly metastasize or lead to death. … Although less common than other skin cancer types, melanoma may metastasize and lead to death. … lesions detected during screening programs are not actually melanoma, and these false-positive results lead … Although some evidence indicates that false-positive results of screening can often lead to interventions … 9 The PDQ summary also reports that visual examination of the skin in asymptomatic individuals may lead

16. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Highlights High-Priority Evidence Gaps in 2024 Report to Congress (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Addressing these inequities through research can lead to the Task Force making recommendations that can … Early detection can lead to early intervention and better treatment outcomes, often preventing the progression

17. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/hypertensive-disorders-pregnancy-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
    September 19, 2023 - Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy can lead to complications for the pregnant person, including stroke … She is the lead health equity strategist for the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing

18. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/child-maltreatment-interventions-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
    September 25, 2023 - Maltreatment can lead to devastating effects, such as injury and death, and can also lead to long-term

19. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Reccomendation on Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/child-maltreatment-interventions-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
    March 19, 2024 - Maltreatment can lead to devastating effects, such as injury and death, and can also lead to long-term

20. Procedure Manual Section 3. Topic Work Plan Development | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 22, 2025 - A lead investigator is assigned by the EPC to lead the evidence review team. … Curved arrows lead to adverse effects of the action (i.e., "harms"). … affect estimates of the burden of the disease, even in the absence of effective strategies, through lead