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161. Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2019 - Most models report performance slightly better than age alone as a risk predictor. … treatment of women with breast cancer or DCIS and were often conducted in comparison with tamoxifen rather … recommendation statement does not list every scenario in which medications could be considered but rather … risk reduction of breast cancer in clinical trials, although they are primarily used for treatment rather … than risk reduction of pri- mary cancer.

162. How to Read the New Recommendation Statement: Methods Update (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2007 - The GRADE process more directly includes costs than the USP- STF approach, although the USPSTF does consider … 17 July 2007 Annals of Internal Medicine Volume 147 • Number 2 www.annals.org “fair,” or “poor”; rather … intentionally wanted to emphasize the importance of offer- ing interventions with A and B recommendations, rather … than distinguishing them on the basis of the certainty and magnitude of net benefit.

163. 8Crjsjsjujfehbpdnupysb (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - In 2012, more than 1.4 million cases of chlamydia and more than 330 000 cases of gonorrhea were reported … teria because they included symptomatic persons and fo- cused on reactions to positive test results rather … than screening. … grade for screening for chlamydia, which is now based on “moderate” certainty of a moderate net benefit rather … than “high certainty” of a substantial net benefit.

164. Archived: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gestational-diabetes-screening-2008
     May 15, 2008 - Are older than 25 years. Have a family history of diabetes. Have a history of GDM. … Assessment of Risk: Women who are obese, older than 25 years of age, have a family history of diabetes … If the result of the GCT is abnormal, variably defined as either greater than 130 mg/dL or 140 mg/dL, … sometimes termed the Hawthorne effect, in which the additional attention given to the treatment group, rather … than the treatment itself, could improve perceptions.

165. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
     June 20, 2017 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … Intensive interventions involving 52 or more contact hours rarely took place in primary care settings but rather … In comparison, control groups showed small increases or reductions in BMI z score of less than 0.10 … Only 3 of the 24 trials with less than 26 contact hours showed statistically significant benefits of … two-thirds of the participants were girls. 3 None of the trials were conducted in a primary care setting; rather

166. Archived: Evidence Summary: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary11/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening-2008
     July 15, 2008 - This condition is normally present in 3% to 5% of women younger than age 60 years and is more common … we considered the meta-analysis to represent new evidence because it came to a different conclusion than … previous review relied on the standard definition of preterm delivery from the 1960s, birthweight less than … 2500 g, rather than the currently accepted definition of birth before a certain gestational age. … Eligible patients were nonpregnant women older than 16 years of age with diabetes, normal renal function

167. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2007 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical or policy decisions involve more considerations than this body of … For the general primary care population, the benefits are judged to be no greater than small. … These harms are judged to be no less than small. USPSTF Assessment. … The estimated relative risk reduction was greater for men than for women (0.66 and 0.17, respectively … If positive tests are not followed by confirmatory angiography but rather by magnetic resonance angiography

168. Final Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing
     August 24, 2017 - Women being treated for breast or ovarian cancer; women who are being tested to determine treatment rather … than preventive interventions KQs 1–3: Women with known pathogenic BRCA mutations, unless the study

169. Archived: Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 15, 2013 - The associated harms are deemed no greater than small. … Several instruments used in more than 1 study were highly sensitive and specific. … Most of the tools assessed current or past abuse rather than risk factors for future abuse. … The overall associated harms were deemed no greater than small. … The evidence on screening for IPV is based on a biopsychosocial framework rather than a pure biological

170. Archived: Evidence Summary: Physical Activity: Behavior Counseling in Primary Care, July 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/physical-activity-behavioral-counseling-primary-care-2002
     July 01, 2002 - the current USPSTF. 18 In applying the USPSTF criteria to trials that used randomization by practice rather … than by individual patient, we placed particular importance on the methods used to create comparable … At the 24-month examination, women in the counseling and assistance groups were more fit than women in … and 9 percent smoked. 34 To avoid injury, most trials excluded patients at risk or offered moderate rather … than vigorous activity.

171. Emerging Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease: A Summary of Systematic Reviews Conducted for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2009 - traditional risk factors or reported composite outcomes that included stroke, angina, or revascularization rather … applicability of results to intermediate-risk persons. ¶ Estimates are from the general population rather … pants, unblinded outcome adjudication, and ascertainment of Framingham risk factors by self-report rather … The main weakness of the study was that the sample was self-selected rather than population-based. … Only 3 studies of carotid IMT estimated an adjusted risk ratio for major coronary events, rather than

172. Evidence Summary: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 11, 2025 - higher risk of bias and focused on process (eg, receipt of referral) or food-insecurity status outcomes, rather … generally reports of pragmatic programs in which the primary aim was to implement the intervention rather … than providing robust research findings. … improvements in health outcomes could be due to medical management or improved diet quality, for example, rather … than the receipt of food aid.

173. Evidence Summary: Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-nonpregnant-adolescents-and-adults1/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening
     June 11, 2019 - with improved clinical outcomes and decreased transmission risk in persons with CD4 cell counts less than … found initiation of ART at baseline CD4 cell counts greater than 500/mm 3 more beneficial than delayed … mortality (RR, 1.25 [95% CI, 1.08 to 1.44]) than initiation at counts less than 350/mm 3 (RR, 1.08 … harms of ART often did not specify the regimen used or analyze effects of specific antiretroviral drugs rather … Fair All studies were observational Low to moderate Studies evaluated components of ART regimens rather

174. Procedure Manual Section 2. Topic Selection, Prioritization, and Updating | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-section-2-topic-selection-prioritization-and-updating
     June 22, 2025 - of active topics (discussed in detail below) are combined in an assessment of the topic as a whole, rather … than used as part of a scoring system. … following process to consider new evidence and decide whether a recommendation needs to be updated earlier than

175. Screening Children for Family Violence: A Review of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - All studies primarily assessed parents, rather than children directly, and none utilized specific physical … recent survey of nurses and physicians, 71% of respondents rated the identification of maltreatment as rather … Instruments require validation in languages other than English. … All studies primarily assessed parents, rather than children directly, and none utilized specific physical … Low risk: less than 21 points and not all items in cluster present.

176. Archived: Evidence Summary: Child Maltreatment: Counseling, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 09, 2004 - All studies primarily assessed parents, rather than children directly, and none utilized specific physical … recent survey of nurses and physicians, 71% of respondents rated the identification of maltreatment as rather … Instruments require validation in languages other than English. … All studies primarily assessed parents, rather than children directly, and none utilized specific physical … Less than $20,000 a year income (2.5). Curses at child(ren) when disciplining (3.5).

177. Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 26, 2022 - al- though it is likely that CVD risk and net benefit estimates are driven by sex (ie, male/female) rather … than gender identity. … • Aspirin should be initiated selectively based on individual decision-making rather than routinely … • Males have a higher prevalence of CVD than females. … CVD is the leading cause of mortality in the US, accounting for more than 1 in 4 deaths.

178. Archived: Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Population-Based Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Evidence Synthesis: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/cost-effectiveness-analyses-of-population-based-screening-for-abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-evidence-synthesis/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005
     February 15, 2005 - study compared population-based screening with targeted screening, a more meaningful comparison, but rather … the distribution of AAA size in screened patients was significantly skewed toward larger size AAAs than … s cohort is younger than Lee, et al.' … s (age 50 vs 70), and has a much lower AAA prevalence than Lee et al.' … comparison of costs and benefits b) No sensitivity analysis c) Focus on intermediate outcomes, rather

179. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review11/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening-2008
     July 15, 2008 - This condition is normally present in 3% to 5% of women younger than age 60 years and is more common … we considered the meta-analysis to represent new evidence because it came to a different conclusion than … 2500 g, rather than the currently accepted definition of birth before a certain gestational age. … Eligible patients were nonpregnant women older than 16 years of age with diabetes, normal renal function … immunocompromised patients)    Not adults (n = 1): Study exclusively involving persons younger than

180. Final Recommendation Statement: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 21, 2018 - False-positive rates are also higher among women younger than 30 years than among older women because … follow-up. 25 The evidence review did not address whether screening for cervical cancer is effective but rather … However, screening with hrHPV testing alone starting at age 25 years rather than age 30 years increased … Women Older Than 65 Years None of the screening trials enrolled women older than 65 years, so direct … A cross-sectional study of more than 5000 cytology tests among women older than 50 years found that identification