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1. Archived: Final Research Plan: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   September 15, 2013 - with clinic-based blood pressure measurement methods? … Does changing the measurement method from that used during the initial screening improve diagnostic accuracy … community health fairs) that are not associated with an attendant, trained personnel, or established procedures … measurement (with any device or protocol) KQ 4a:  Time interval for rescreening using the same method … value is derived from guidelines for various populations and that the threshold varies by measurement method

2. Procedure Manual | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   December 01, 2015 - Share to Email Print For the most up to date methods and procedures … #methods . … We share the USPSTF Procedure Manual with this goal in mind. … This Procedure Manual describes the methods used by the Task Force to ensure that its recommendations … is important to the Task Force that our colleagues, partners, and the American public understand our procedures

3. Procedure Manual Section 8. Workgroups of the Task Force | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   July 08, 2017 - Procedure Manual Section 8. … Several standing and ad hoc workgroups are committed to ensuring that the Task Force's methods … The Methods Workgroup reviews and updates Task Force methods and processes to follow best practices … The Topic Prioritization Workgroup develops procedures for prioritizing the portfolio of USPSTF topics … and procedures for making recommendations for child and maternal health.

4. Methods and Processes | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   June 01, 2019 - The Task Force documents its methods in a procedure manual and other resources to ensure that the recommendations … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual Learn about the methods used by the Task Force to ensure … Read the Procedure Manual   Standards for Guideline Development Learn how the Task Force’s processes … For current Task Force methods, please refer to the Task Force’s Procedure Manual . … Current as of: July 2025 Internet Citation: Methods and Processes . U.S.

5. Screening for Breast Cancer Clinical Summaries (pdf file)
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   Screening Tests Conventional digital mammography has essentially replaced film mammography as the primary method … http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/ Screening for Breast Cancer With Methods Other … Than Conventional Mammography: Clinical Summary Screening Method Primary screening with DBT Adjunctive … screening with breast ultrasonography, MRI, DBT, or other methods in women who have dense breasts

6. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   September 03, 2002 - and cost associated with positive test results, many of which are false positive, and the diagnostic procedures … Future research should be directed toward developing new screening methods as well as methods of improving … Follow-up method and evaluation method Initially, all four trials used the evaluation method of … Many women with screening abnormalities (especially on CBE) were “deemed not to require a diagnostic procedure … ( % ) Positive Predictive Value Work-up Method ( % ) Biopsy Method ( % ) HIP NR

7. Procedure Manual Section 6. Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   July 06, 2017 - Procedure Manual Section 6. … Methods for Arriving at a Recommendation Share to Facebook Share to X … previous assessment, the USPSTF may vote to reaffirm the previous recommendation, using its usual voting procedure … This indirect method of determining magnitude of benefit requires more assumptions and thus is associated … Furthermore, for many, understanding that screening and preventive tests and procedures can cause harm

8. Screening for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2016 - 5) There is not enough evidence to determine the effectiveness of additional screening with other methods … False-positive results can lead to follow-up tests and procedures that aren’t needed. … for women in their 40s because they are more likely to have false-positive results and follow-up procedures … Potential Benefits and Harms of Using Additional Screening Methods to Screen Women with Dense Breasts … primary screening method The main method of screening used. 5 adjunctive screening Another type of

9. Methods and Processes | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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10. Tagauj5Qoarfv3M8Fapbon (pdf file)
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    June 03, 2019 - ) Breast cancer deaths diag- nosed within 7 years of follow-up Follow-up method Follow-up method … Follow-up method and evaluation method Initially, all four trials used the evaluation method of analysis … Many women with screening ab- normalities (especially on CBE) were “deemed not to require a diagnostic procedure … and cost associated with positive test results, many of which are false positive, and the diagnostic procedures … Future research should be directed toward developing new screening methods as well as methods of improving

11. Final Research Plan: Hypertension in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 04, 2018 - Have practical methods for identifying masked hypertension been evaluated in primary care or community … Have practical methods for identifying white coat hypertension been evaluated in primary care or community … pressure measurement with wrist and finger monitors, forearm cuffs, or ankle and toe measures; any method … not commonly used in routine blood pressure screening (e.g., invasive methods, noninvasive method of … blood pressure measurement, established blood pressure measurement protocols, and ongoing documentation procedures

12. Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 04, 2021 - are continually examined; recent updates have been published. 1-3  The USPSTF Procedure Manual has been … How to read the new recommendation statement: methods update from the U.S. … Update on the methods of the U.S. … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. December 2016. … Accessed at  Procedure Manual  on June 30, 2016. Screening for Skin Cancer: U.S.

13. Procedure Manual Section 10. References | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 10, 2017 - Procedure Manual Section 10. … Current methods of the US Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process. … Update on the methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: insufficient evidence. … Update on the methods of the U.S. … Methods guide for authors of systematic reviews of medical tests: a collaboration between the Agency

14. Final Research Plan: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 06, 2019 - diagnosis of GDM: In two-step screening, the screening test must be FPG, 50-g OGCT, risk factor–based method … later screening for those without) KQ 4: Screening tests (i.e., FPG, 50-g OGCT, risk factor-based method … monitoring, insulin therapy (all preparations), or glucose-lowering medications KQs 1–5: Alternative methods … additional management or minimally active intervention, such as printed materials) KQs 1–5: Alternative methods … English   * Two-step screening involves a screening test (e.g., 50-g OGCT, risk factor–based method

15. Archived: Evidence Summary: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary8/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-2014
    January 15, 2014 - Table of Contents Preface Introduction Abstract Methods … Ultrasonography was the only screening method we considered. … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. … Accessed at http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Home/GetFile/6/7/procedure-manual_2016/pdf … Clinical guideline development methods: the guidelines manual 2012.

16. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
    June 15, 2016 - The risks and benefits of different screening methods vary. … ), the sedation used during the procedure (eg, cardiovascular events), or the procedure itself (eg, infection … As an invasive procedure, colonoscopy can produce important morbidity as well as anxiety and discomfort … No studies directly measured this risk, but radiation exposure during the procedure seems to be low, … Racial disparities in the use of and indications for colorectal procedures in Medicare beneficiaries.

17. How to Read the New Recommendation Statement: Methods Update (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2007 - How to Read the New Recommendation Statement: Methods Update How to Read the New Recommendation Statement … : Methods Update from the U.S. … The USPSTF last described its methods in 2001 (1). … Methods Work Group, Third US Preventive Services Task Force. … Current methods of the US Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process.

18. Clinical Summary: Screening for Ovarian Cancer (pdf file)
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    Screening Tests The USPSTF does not recommend routine screening for ovarian cancer using any method … Transvaginal ultrasound and serum cancer antigen 125 testing are readily available procedures that are

19. Archived: Oral Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/oral-cancer-screening-2004
    February 04, 2004 - Direct inspection and palpation of the oral cavity is the most commonly recommended method … screening for oral cancer, although there are little data on the sensitivity and specificity of this method … Harris RP, Helfand M, Woolf SH, Lohr KN, Mulrow CD, Teutsch SM, Atkins D, for the Methods Word Group, … Current methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process.

20. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Insufficient Evidence (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/inevidup.pdf
    September 01, 2009 - Update on the Methods of the U.S. … The USPSTF Procedure Man­ ual is posted on the AHRQ Web site (4). … associated with further testing after a positive screening result) to major morbidity or mortality (e.g., procedures … Update on the methods of the U.S. … Preventive Services Task Force Procedure Manual. AHRQ publication no. 08-05118-EF.