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41. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - the reduced risk of death from cancers within reach of the rigid sigmoidoscope was due to screening rather … than to confounding factors. … after this age doubles every 7 years. 2 Modeling studies suggest that beginning screening at age 40 rather … For example, using nonrehydrated slides rather than rehydrated slides could substantially reduce the … As noted earlier, data from a major screening trial suggest that using nonrehydrated slides rather than

42. Shared Decision Making About Screening and Chemoprevention | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/shared-decision-making-about-screening-and-chemoprevention
    January 01, 2017 - Given that recognition, the USPSTF decided not to make a generic recommendation for "C" services, but rather … benefits and harms was unnecessary for services in which discussions were not explicitly recommended; rather … The USPSTF comes to this topic not with its customary objective of evaluating effectiveness, but rather … than on joint participation. … Informed consent did mandate that patients actively express consent rather than just expressing agreement

43. Archived: Depression: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/depression-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - The suicide rate in depressed persons is at least 8 times higher than that of the general population. … population basis, the most important effect of major depression may be on quality of life and productivity rather … than suicide. … these screening questionnaires are actually being evaluated for their ability to detect unrecognized, rather … than strictly asymptomatic, depressive symptoms (sleeplessness, loss of appetite, etc.) and disease.

44. Recommendation: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
    June 18, 2024 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … The USPSTF recognizes that race, ethnicity, and gender are all social rather than biological constructs … Specific BMI cutoffs (“≥95th percentile for age and sex” rather than “obese” and “85th to 95th percentile … for age and sex” rather than “overweight”) will also be used when feasible.

45. Interventions for High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2023 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more con- siderations than evidence alone. … The USPSTF recognizes that race, ethnicity, and gender are all social rather than biological constructs … Specific BMI cutoffs (“�95th percentile for age and sex” rather than “obese” and “85th to 95th percentile … for age and sex” rather than “overweight”) will also be used when feasible. … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone.

46. Final Research Plan: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
    March 04, 2021 - strips, acupuncture, and auricular plaster; medications to treat sleepiness, sleep quality, or bruxism (rather … than used to treat OSA), such as eszopiclone and modafinil; nasal steroids for treatment of allergic … participants separate from the sample used to develop the test Language English Languages other than

47. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - asymptomatic men is 6-33% 10 , 13-15 but appears to be somewhat higher when performed by urologists rather … Other studies suggest that the rate of change (PSA velocity), rather than the actual PSA level, is a … advantages for men with early-stage disease may be due to length bias and other statistical artifacts rather … 4 If early detection and treatment are effective, they are most likely to benefit men under age 70 rather … than older men.

48. Recommendation: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening
    July 18, 2023 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … The USPSTF recognizes that race, ethnicity, and gender are all social rather than biological constructs … substantially with the advent of statin treatment. 4 , 5 Prognostic data for FH as determined by genotype (rather … than LDL-C levels) are more limited. … performed a confirmatory lipid or genetic test; thus, evidence is limited to screen positivity (prevalence) rather

49. Screening for Skin Cancer: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2001 - A recent review summarized studies that used color slides (rather than actual patients) to test physi … than to lead-time bias.29 As noted by the authors, this case–control study provides suggestive, rather … The latter study80 concluded that poor prognosis was due to rapidly growing tumors rather than delays … well-done, population-based studies concern promotion of self- care behaviors such as self-examination rather … than universal screening. 4a.

50. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening, April 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/skin-cancer-screening-2001
    April 01, 2001 - A recent review summarized studies that used color slides (rather than actual patients) to test physicians … than to lead-time bias. 29 As noted by the authors, this case– control study provides suggestive, rather … The latter study 80 concluded that poor prognosis was due to rapidly growing tumors rather than delays … well-done, population-based studies concern promotion of self-care behaviors such as self-examination rather … than universal screening. 4a.

51. Archived: Addendum to Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/addendum-to-screening-for-ovarian-cancer-evidence-update-for-the-us-preventive-services-task-force-reaffirmation-recommendation-statement/ovarian-cancer-screening-2012
    April 15, 2012 - comparisons between screen-detected cancer in the screened group and all cancer in the control group, rather … some have proposed alterations to the followup procedures, such as followup by imaging surveillance rather … than invasive surgery, which alters the risk-benefit ratio 12 , 13 . … although other organizations tend to simply state that screening for ovarian cancer is not recommended rather … than explicitly weighing the potential benefits and harms.

52. Screening for Breast Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - (Note that Ta- ble 2 describes a different time horizon than Table 1 [per screening round rather than … than abruptly at any par- ticular age. … potential benefits and harms that an individual woman can expect from beginning screening at age 40 rather … Most of the additional cancer detected by these methods are inva- sive tumors rather than ductal carcinoma … evidence from models alone to establish that a clinical preventive service is effective or harmful; rather

53. Shared Decision-Making About Screening and Chemoprevention: A Suggested Approach (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/sharedba.pdf
    January 01, 2004 - Given that recognition, the USPSTF decided not to make a generic recommendation for “C” services, but rather … The USPSTF comes to this topic not with its customary objective of evaluating effectiveness, but rather … than on joint participation. … Informed consent did mandate that patients actively express consent rather than just expressing agreement … In this model, the clinician’s role is not to serve as a partner in decision-making; rather it is to

54. Archived: Physical Activity: Behavior Counseling in Primary Care, July 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/physical-activity-behavioral-counseling-primary-care-2002
    July 01, 2002 - The benefits of this increase in physical activity must be greater than any adverse effects of assessment … in the most intensively counseled group reported significantly higher energy expenditure at 6 months than … Preventive Services has addressed the effectiveness of community-based programs that target groups rather … about physical activity; these recommendations are based on the health benefits of physical activity rather … than on the effectiveness of counseling by clinicians for promoting changes in physical activity.

55. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/speech-language-delay-bulletin.pdf
    August 21, 2023 - Speech or language delay is when a child develops speech and language at a slower rate than expected. … "Our recommendation is not a recommendation for or against screening, but rather a call for more research

56. Addendum to Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Evidence Update for the USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/QtuWfedsMmUb_sAuKWdsGg
    December 31, 2014 - comparisons between screen-detected cancer in the screened group and all cancer in the control group, rather … than simply comparing the two groups as randomized (i.e., using all cancer in both groups). … some have proposed alterations to the followup procedures, such as followup by imaging surveillance rather … although other organizations tend to simply state that screening for ovarian cancer is not recommended rather … than explicitly weighing the potential benefits and harms.

57. PII: S0749-3797(01)00261-6 (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/Harris2001.pdf
    January 01, 2001 - than from asymptomatic populations. … than intermediate outcomes. … Topic teams specify criteria on a topic-by-topic basis rather than adhering to generic criteria. … In making these judgments, the Task Force has no simple formula but rather considers all the evidence … Rather than applying formal rules for determining the overall quality of evidence, the Task Force adopted

58. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breast-cancer-screening-2002
    September 03, 2002 - We based our quality ratings on the entire set of publications from a trial rather than on individual … mammography trials were designed to assess the effectiveness of mammography over a broad age range, rather … The Swedish trials all had limitations that resulted in a rating of fair rather than good. … The reliance on a theory of treatment rather than on evidence about the efficacy of treatment increases … We based our quality ratings on the entire set of publications from a trial rather than on individual

59. Health Equity Framework for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2023-12/health-equity-framework-report.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - Systems-based logic models may be helpful to present alongside the AF (rather than adapting an AF to … than “obese people”) 2) Using inclusive terminology (e.g., “pregnant persons” rather than “pregnant … women”) 3) Using specific terms when possible (e.g., “Black and Indigenous populations” rather than … than by individual outcome). … and obesity,” rather than “overweight and obese people” or “people who are overweight or obese”)

60. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/reconsidering-approach-prevention-recommendations-older-adults
    February 01, 2014 - interventions to reduce risk may benefit the patient through small improvements across several risk categories rather … than a large improvement in a single risk category. … Studies that evaluate the efficacy of these multifactorial interventions often measure more than 1 type … Thus, screening may be desirable for reasons other than the prevention of the specific disease or syndrome … In this analytic framework, the USPSTF specified a focus on the intervention rather than the traditional