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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review95/testicular-cancer-screening-february-2004
February 15, 2004 - Questions and Results
Key Question … Key Question 2: Is there evidence of harms associated with screening for this disease?
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March 16, 2025 - Privacy Policy
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May 23, 2024 - Abbreviations: CQ=contextual question; KQ=key question; N/A=not applicable; RCT=randomized, controlled
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September 13, 2022 - Benefits of Screening
Key Question 1. … No eligible studies addressed this question.
Harms of Screening
Key Question 2. … No eligible studies addressed this question.
Benefits of Interventions
Key Question 3a. … Key Question 3b. … Key Question 3c.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary14/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
October 15, 2010 - We assessed the overall strength of the body of evidence for each key question (good, fair, or poor) … (Key Question 1)
We identified no RCTs of screening for bladder cancer. … (Key Question 2)
No study evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of screening tests for bladder … KQ . key question; RCT . randomized, controlled trial. … Arrow 4 represents Key Question 4: "What are the harms of screening for bladder cancer and treatment
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/thyroid-cancer-screening
May 09, 2017 - Screening Effectiveness or Accuracy
Key Question 1. … Benefits of Treatment
Key Question 4. … Harms of Treatment
Key Question 5. … 3 studies of screening harms (Key Question 3), 2 studies of treatment benefits (Key Question 4), and … 52 studies of treatment harms (Key Question 5).
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cervical-cancer-screening-adults-adolescents
March 17, 2022 - intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3; HPV=human papillomavirus; hrHPV=high-risk human papillomavirus; KQ=key question … comment, the USPSTF included pregnant persons in the population of interest and added a contextual question
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prevention-of-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-pre-exposure-prophylaxis
January 13, 2022 - Abbreviations: FTC=emtricitabine; HIV=human immunodeficiency virus; KQ=key question; PrEP=pre-exposure … hepatitis B as an outcome, added “persistence” to Contextual Questions 1 and 2, and expanded Contextual Question
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/pancreatic-cancer-screening
August 06, 2019 - Effectiveness of Screening
Key Question 1. … Key Question 1a. … Key Question 2. … Harms of Screening
Key Question 3. … Harms of Treatment
Key Question 5.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary14/lung-cancer-screening
March 09, 2021 - Key Question 1b. … Key Question 1c. … Key Question 1d. … Key Question 3b. … Key Question 3c.
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November 01, 2004 - Studies were excluded if they did not
meet the specific inclusion criteria or were not
relevant to a key question … Only 16
articles directly addressed a critical key question,
and only 1 was an RCT. … No studies addressing this question were
identified.
2. … We found only 1 RCT that addressed this
critical key question. … A summary of cohort studies and case series
analyses that address this critical key question follows.
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August 22, 2018 - Benefits of Screening for IPV
Key Question 1. … Accuracy of Screening for IPV
Key Question 2. … Harms of Screening for IPV
Key Question 3. … Harms of Interventions
Key Question 5. … STaT:
a three-question screen for intimate partner
violence.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary20/depression-in-adults-screening-2009
December 15, 2009 - Search results and article flow, by key question
Appendix Table 2. … Key question 1 trials compared outcomes in screened and unscreened patients. … KQ = key question.
*Go to full report for other KQ criteria 16 . … At the top of the figure is a circle with a "1" in it for key question 1. … KQ = key question
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/vitamin-d-calcium-combined-supplementation-primary-prevention-falls-fractures-communitydwelling-adults
January 12, 2023 - Abbreviation: KQ=key question. … Abbreviations: BMD=bone mineral density; ED=emergency department; KQ=key question; RCT=randomized, controlled
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary10/aspirin-for-the-prevention-of-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication
March 15, 2009 - Data Synthesis
We synthesized the studies qualitatively and organized them by key question. … Key Question 2
Does aspirin use in women and men increase gastrointestinal bleeding or hemorrhagic … Four studies provided information on the harms of aspirin for this key question. … The upper arrow is labeled "KQ1" for "Key Question 1." … The lower arrow pointing from the first rectangle is labeled "KQ2" for "Key Question 2."
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary10/aspirin-for-the-prevention-of-cardiovascular-disease-preventive-medication-2009
March 15, 2009 - Data Synthesis
We synthesized the studies qualitatively and organized them by key question. … Key Question 2
Does aspirin use in women and men increase gastrointestinal bleeding or hemorrhagic … Four studies provided information on the harms of aspirin for this key question. … The upper arrow is labeled "KQ1" for "Key Question 1." … The lower arrow pointing from the first rectangle is labeled "KQ2" for "Key Question 2."
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-statins/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
November 13, 2016 - Key Question 1b. … Key Question 1c. … 1a, 0 trials (direct evidence) for Key Question 1b, 7 trials for Key Question 1c, 17 trials and 2 observational … studies for Key Question 2, and 3 trials (direct evidence) for Key Question 3. … Quality: See key question 1a
Estimates precise
Poor
Key Question 1c: Subgroups
7 RCTs
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-statins/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication-november-2016
November 13, 2016 - Key Question 1b. … Key Question 1c. … 1a, 0 trials (direct evidence) for Key Question 1b, 7 trials for Key Question 1c, 17 trials and 2 observational … studies for Key Question 2, and 3 trials (direct evidence) for Key Question 3. … Quality: See key question 1a
Estimates precise
Poor
Key Question 1c: Subgroups
7 RCTs
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary4/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
October 15, 2008 - Eligibility Criteria for Studies, by Key Question
Appendix Table 2. U.S. … Evidence tables and tables of excluded studies for each key question are available in the full report … (Key question 2b)
Fecal tests
11 total studies
FIT
Internal —Fair. … (Key question 2a)
Colonoscopy
Internal —Fair.
External —Fair to poor. … (Key question 3a)
Colonoscopy
Internal —Fair.
External —Good.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hepatitis-c-screening
December 21, 2017 - transmission (KQ 5), harms of treatment (KQ 7); behavioral outcomes will be included for Contextual Question … reports, studies not reporting original data
Abbreviation s: HCV=hepatitis C virus; KQ=key question … The USPSTF also added a KQ on the yield of repeat HCV screening and revised Contextual Question 3 to