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1. Archived: Evidence Summary: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary43/prostate-cancer-screening-2012
   October 07, 2011 - Radiation Therapy No RCTs compared radiation therapy versus watchful waiting. … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy [EBRT] or unspecified modality) for localized prostate cancer … provided on specific radiation therapy techniques and regimens evaluated Radiation therapy was associated … therapy techniques and regimens evaluated Radiation therapy was associated with increased risk for … therapy vs. watchful waiting Radiation therapy vs. watchful waiting Fransson et al, 2009 40

2. Evidence Summary: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/prostate-cancer-screening
   May 08, 2018 - therapy compared with conservative management, and 1 uncontrolled observational study of radiation therapy … or all-cause mortality with radiation therapy vs active surveillance. … Only the ProtecT trial a assessed effect of radiation therapy on metastatic disease. … Radiation therapy RCT 2 (1198) Radiation therapy not clearly associated urinary incontinence … Most studies of external-beam radiation therapy; relatively few studies of brachytherapy.

3. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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   May 08, 2017 - External-beam radiation therapy and chemotherapy are not generally used to treat early-stage, differentiated

4. Clinical Summary: Screening for Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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   April 30, 2018 - screen-detected, localized prostate cancer are surgical removal of the prostate gland (radical prostatectomy), radiation … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, or brachytherapy), and active surveillance

5. Understanding Task Force Recommendations: Screening for Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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   May 01, 2012 - the PSA test has important, often lasting harms: • Erectile dysfunction (impotence) from surgery, radiation … therapy, or hormone therapy … • Urinary incontinence from radiation therapy or surgery. … • Problems with bowel control from radiation therapy.

6. Recommendation: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   May 08, 2018 - therapy (external-beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, or brachytherapy), and active surveillance … More than half of men who receive radiation therapy experience long-term sexual erectile dysfunction … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, or brachytherapy), and active surveillance … More than half of men who receive radiation therapy experience long-term erectile dysfunction, and up … across cohort studies regarding the association of urinary incontinence and radiation therapy, rates

7. Screening for Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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   December 01, 2011 - Radiation Therapy No RCTs compared radiation therapy versus watchful waiting. … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy [EBRT] or unspecified modality) for lo- calized prostate cancer … Radiation Therapy Urinary Incontinence and Erectile Dysfunction. … on specific radiation therapy techniques and regimens evaluated Radiation therapy was associated with … therapy techniques and regimens evaluated Radiation therapy was associated with increased risk for

8. Final Recommendation Statement: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/prostate-cancer-screening
   May 08, 2018 - More than half of men who receive radiation therapy experience long-term sexual erectile dysfunction … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, or brachytherapy), and active surveillance … More than half of men who receive radiation therapy experience long-term erectile dysfunction, and up … across cohort studies regarding the association of urinary incontinence and radiation therapy, rates … of fecal incontinence and bowel urgency were as high as 31.8% after radiation therapy in 1 cohort study

9. Prostate-Specific Antigen–Based Screening for Prostate Cancer: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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   May 08, 2018 - Relative to conservative management (8 cohort studies; n = 3066), radiation therapy was associated with … Because few studies were found for treatments other than radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy, … only findings for radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy are summarized in this article; evidence … therapy compared with conservative man- agement, and 1 uncontrolled observational study of radiation … Urinary Incontinence After Radiation Therapy Compared With Conservative Management (Key Question 4)a

10. Draft Research Plan: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 12, 2023 - (radical prostatectomy, including different surgical techniques, such as nerve sparing, robotics) Radiation … therapy (external beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, brachytherapy) Cryosurgery/high-intensity

11. Screening for Skin Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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    July 19, 2016 - available for squamous and basal cell carcinoma, including surgical excision, Mohs micrographic surgery, radiation … therapy, curettage and electrodessication, and cryosurgery.

12. Final Research Plan: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 21, 2023 - radical prostatectomy, including different surgical techniques, such as nerve sparing and robotics) Radiation … therapy (external beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, and brachytherapy) Cryosurgery/high-intensity

13. Screening for Prostate Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    May 08, 2018 - More than half of men who receive radiation therapy experience long-term sexual erectile dysfunction … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, or brachytherapy), and active surveillance … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, or brachytherapy), and active sur- veillance … More than half of men who receive radiation therapy experience long-term erectile dysfunction, and up … of fecal inconti- nence and bowel urgency were as high as 31.8% after radiation therapy in 1 cohort

14. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - Currently available evidence about the effectiveness of radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy, and … impotence (40-67%), urethral stricture (3-8%), and incontinence (1-2%). 89 Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy … Early prostate cancer: the national results of radiation treatment from the Patterns of Care and Radiation … Control of prostate cancer with radiotherapy: long-term results. … Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy in localized carcinoma of the prostate: interim report

15. Final Research Plan: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/prostate-cancer-screening
    April 28, 2016 - antiandrogen therapy, and/or orchiectomy) Ultrasonography (high-intensity focused ultrasonography) Radiation … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, brachytherapy, combination therapies)

16. Screening for Bladder Cancer: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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    August 05, 2011 - bladder cancer is transurethral resection of the bladder tumor, which may be combined with adjuvant radiation … therapy, chemotherapy, biologic therapies, or photodynamic therapies.

17. Archived: Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan97/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
    July 17, 2014 - lobular carcinoma in situ, atypical ductal or lobular hyperplasia); or previous large doses of chest radiation … therapy (≥20 Gy) before age 30 years … lobular carcinoma in situ, atypical ductal or lobular hyperplasia); or previous large doses of chest radiation … therapy (≥20 Gy) before age 30 years. … therapy (≥20 Gy) before age 30 years.

18. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening-2012
    May 15, 2012 - therapy. … Radiotherapy is also associated with bowel dysfunction. 9 , 10 Some clinicians have used androgen … therapy. 24 There is no consensus about the optimal treatment of localized disease. … Radiation therapy is also associated with increases in erectile, bowel, and bladder dysfunction. 9 , … therapy, hormonal therapy, or some combination).

19. Screening for Testicular Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation (pdf file)
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    March 29, 2011 - Interventions Management of testicular cancer consists of orchiectomy and may include other surgery, radiation … therapy, or chemotherapy, depending on stage and tumor type.

20. Recommendation: Thyroid Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 09, 2017 - External-beam radiation therapy and chemotherapy are not generally used to treat early-stage, differentiated … External-beam radiation therapy and chemotherapy are not generally used to treat early-stage, differentiated