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401. Screening for Skin Cancer in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     July 26, 2016 - clinical visual skin cancer screening for skin cancer morbidity and mortality (KQ1), the harms and test … 2 What are the test characteristics of visual skin cancer screening when performed by primary care clinicians … What are the test characteristics of visual screen- ing for skin cancer when performed by primary care … Two fair-quality cohort studies conducted in Australia evalu- ated test characteristics of skin cancer … c KQ3: What are the test characteristics of visual screening for skin cancer when performed by primary

402. Second Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Otis Webb Brawley, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, American Cancer Society … preventive services can include adverse effects of the service itself as well as the harms of inaccurate test … aged 30-65 could get the same benefit with less frequent screening (every five years) if they added a test … In the past, women were also underrepresented in medical research. … they have not been screened recently, or they did not have appropriate follow-up care for abnormal test

403. Recommendation: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 10, 2018 - peripheral artery disease. hsCRP is a serum protein involved in inflammatory and immune responses; the test … Harms can include abnormal test results, inappropriate risk reclassification, and incidental findings … Testing for hsCRP level involves a single blood sample, and the test is widely available. … Barry, MD (Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts); Aaron B. … Medical treatment of peripheral arterial disease and claudication.

404. Archived: Final Research Plan: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 06, 2015 - alone or a “paired” (HSV-1 and HSV-2) serologic test will be included if they meet other eligibility … criteria; however, only the accuracy of test characteristics related to HSV-2 serological tests will … discord, or distress or anxiety around the meaning of HSV-1 results when screening involves a “paired test … ‡ Studies that test for both HSV-1 and HSV-2 (simultaneously) will not be excluded if they meet the … other eligibility criteria; however, only the accuracy of test characteristics related to HSV-2 serologic

405. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - Drawing Test (k � 7), Mini-Cog (k � 4), Memory Impairment Screen (k � 5), Abbre- viated Mental Test ( … For harms of treatment, we focused primarily on serious harms that resulted in un- expected medical care … Members of the USPSTF and the AHRQ medical officer assisted in the development of the scope of this review … Association Test, General Practitioner As- sessment of Cognition, ADL/IADL, Benton Orientation Test, … guidelines state that early detection of cognitive decline may be beneficial because clinicians can optimize medical

406. Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     December 10, 2019 - JAMA | US Preventive Services Task Force | RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT (Reprinted) 2211 © 2019 American Medical … History Detection There is adequate evidence that ultrasonography is a safe and accurate screening test … for AAA There is adequate evidence that ultrasonography is a safe and accurate screening test for AAA … There is adequate evidence that ultrasonography is a safe and accurate screening test for AAA There … is adequate evidence that ultrasonography is a safe and accurate screening test for AAA Benefits of

407. First Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 01, 2011 - recommendations based on comprehensive, systematic reviews and careful assessment of the available medical … recommendations based on comprehensive, systematic reviews and careful assessment of the available medical

408. Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation RISK ASSESSMENT, GENETIC COUNSELING, AND GENETIC TESTING FOR BRCA-RELATED CANCER IN WOMEN CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Asymp…

409. Recommendation: Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 11, 2022 - If the screening test is positive for anxiety, a confirmatory diagnostic assessment and follow-up is … in children and adolescents relies on linking indirect evidence on the harms of inaccurate screening test … Barry, MD (Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts); Wanda K. … Davidson, PhD, MASc (Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York … Published by JAMA®—Journal of the American Medical Association under arrangement with the Agency for

410. Final Recommendation Statement: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2020 - performed with HBsAg tests approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, followed by a confirmatory test … (See the Additional Tools and Resources section for serologic test interpretation.) … https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/hcp/diagnosis-testing/#cdc_hcp_diagnosis_interpreting-how-to-interpret-test-results … Davidson, PhD, MASc (Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York … Barry, MD (Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts); Michael Cabana, MD, MA, MPH (University of

411. Archived: Evidence Summary: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 20, 2016 - Pooled estimates of sensitivity and specificity of the most commonly used test at the manufacturer's … Use of this test at the manufacturer's cutpoint in a population of 100,000 with a prevalence of HSV-2 … Separate models were developed for each type of serologic test, and separate analyses were conducted … cutpoint value of 1.1 to define a positive test result (current manufacturer's cutpoint). … in estimates of test accuracy (eTable 8 in the Supplement).

412. Screening for Chlamydial Infection: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2007 - chlamydial infec- tion in asymptomatic men and women, including asymp- tomatic pregnant women, with high test … In low- prevalence populations, however, a positive test result is more likely to be false positive than … women, including the potential for different follow-up intervals for women with positive or negative test … Marion, PhD, RN (Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia); Virginia A. … Siu, MD, MSPH (Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York); Steven M.

413. 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 - artery stenosis screening have been published; however, RCTs comparing carotid endar- terectomy to medical … Clinic © 2007 American College of Physicians 871 positive and false-negative rates of the screening test … , the possibility of adverse events from the test, the accuracy and potential for adverse events of any … subsequent confirmatory diagnostic tests, and the inevitable failure to follow through on the test or … If the test is falsely positive and the patient does not have confirmatory angiography, he or she may

414. Screening for Bladder Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2011 - Annals of Internal Medicine Volume 155 • Number 4 www.annals.org Potential Harms False-positive test … Potential harms of screening for bladder cancer in- clude false-positive test results and unnecessary … nai School of Medicine, New York, New York); Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH (University of California Davis Medical … Sanford Schwartz, MD (University of Pennsylvania Medical School and the Wharton School, Philadel- phia … DeWitt, MD (Children’s Hos- pital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio) and Diana B.

415. Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 16, 2016 - Copyright 2016 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. … Copyright 2016 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. … Copyright 2016 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. … Copyright 2016 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. … Another area of concern was why studies of test accuracy and the effectiveness of treatment were not

416. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - Avoiding the Unintended Harms of Medical Procedures and Testing in Older Adults The USPSTF will continue … preventive services can include adverse effects of the service itself as well as the harms of inaccurate test … As the Nation’s largest medical specialty group, ACP knows they can trust the science and integrity … Although not every person benefits from a screening test or preventive service, everyone exposed to … Herzstein develops medical programs for 20,000 workers worldwide.

417. Final Research Plan: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 08, 2020 - Test accuracy and harms of screening questionnaires and pulmonary function tests are not addressed in … morbidity; HRQoL at ≥6 months followup KQ 3: Serious adverse events requiring unexpected or unwanted medical

418. Archived: Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 01, 2016 - This article was first published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on March 1, 2016 … tests was limited and consistent with previous findings that screening questions or a visual acuity test … Although the Snellen test remains the most widely used tool to measure visual acuity in primary … Source: This article was first published in the Journal of the American Medical … A preliminary assessment of the medical and functional factors associated with vehicle crashes by older

419. Screening for Breast Cancer Using Film Mammography: Clinical Summary of 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Harms of screening include psychological harms, additional medical visits, imaging, and biopsies in women … Indirect evidence suggests that when CBE is the only test available, it may detect a significant proportion

420. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Only the positive predictive value (PPV) — the probability of cancer when the test is positive — can … DRE is the oldest screening test for prostate cancer. … Several techniques have been proposed to enhance the specificity and PPV of the PSA test. … Measurement of prostate-specific antigen in serum as a screening test for prostate cancer. … Prostate specific antigen test approved. FDA Medical Bulletin , vol 25 no 1, February 1995. 104.