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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/oral-cancer-screening-2004
February 04, 2004 - conducted in the general population because of the very low incidence of oral cancer in the United States … This document is in the public domain within the United States
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/suicide-risk-screening-2004
May 15, 2004 - suicide is low in the general population (0.01%), it was the 11th leading cause of death in the United States … current mental disorder or disordered mental state [such as depression, mania or hypomania, or mixed states … Copyright and Electronic Dissemination
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-screening-2009
February 15, 2009 - Burden of Disease
Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States … Melanoma is eighth in frequency of occurrence of all causes of cancer in the United States. … The lifetime risk for a diagnosis of melanoma in the United States is 1.94% for males and 1.30% for females … This document is in the public domain within the United States
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/genital-herpes-screening-2005
March 15, 2005 - . 3 Seroprevalence surveys show that 1 in 5 people aged 12 years and older in the United States has … higher among adults and women. 3 An estimated 1.6 million new HSV-2 infections occur in the United States … Copyright and Electronic Dissemination
This document is in the public domain within the United States … Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 in the United States, 1976 to 1994. … Incidence of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in the United States.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
January 11, 2016 - Epidemiology of Dense Breasts
In the United States, the most commonly used classification system for … At the present time, 24 states require patient notification of breast density status when mammography … is performed; in some states, legislation also includes language to be sent to women informing them … Prevalence of mammographically dense breasts in the United States. … Cancer screening test use—United States, 2013.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening-2012
May 15, 2012 - Importance
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in men in the United States … Black men are approximately twice as likely to die of prostate cancer than other men in the United States … reductions were larger in Sweden or the Netherlands than in other European countries or the United States … PIVOT, conducted in the United States, included men with prostate cancer detected after the initiation … Prostate-specific antigen levels in the United States: implications of various definitions for abnormal
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cervical-cancer-screening-2012
March 15, 2012 - An estimated 12,200 new cases of cervical cancer and 4210 deaths occurred in the United States in 2010 … Screening Tests
The effectiveness of cervical cancer screening observed in the United States over the … The ACS further states that screening should not resume after cessation in women older than age 65 years … The USPSTF reviewed 4 fair-quality randomized, controlled trials conducted outside of the United States … Common treatments of high-grade precancerous lesions in the United States include cervical conization
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cervical-cancer-screening-2003
January 07, 2003 - The majority of cervical cancers in the United States occur in women who have never been screened or … Pap test for high-grade lesions may only be 60-80 percent; however, most organizations in the United States … Rates in the United States have decreased from 14.2 new cases per 100,000 women in 1973 to 7.8 cases … In the United States, peak incidence and prevalence of HPV infection occur among women younger than 25 … Data from a large screening program in the United States indicate that a longer interval (3 years vs
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/ovarian-cancer-screening
February 13, 2018 - despite its low incidence. 1 Approximately 14,000 women die of ovarian cancer each year in the United States … 2017, it is estimated that 22,440 new cases of ovarian cancer will have been diagnosed in the United States … 0.16%; relative risk, 0.5 [95% CI, 0.22 to 1.11]). 3 , 17
The only trial conducted in the United States … United States Cancer Incidence (USCS): 1999-2014 cancer incidence and mortality data. … Cancer screening in the United States, 2017: a review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/michael-silverstein-md-mph
September 01, 2016 - Michael Silverstein, M.D., M.P.H.
Member
Michael Silverstein, M.D., M.P.H., is a professor of public health at the Brown University School of Public Health and director of the Hassenfeld Institute for Child Health Innovation at Brown University.
Dr. Silverstein’s research focuses on mental health servi…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/node/133
March 01, 2018 - John B. Wong, M.D.
Member
John B. Wong, M.D., is chief scientific officer, vice chair for Clinical Affairs, chief of the Division of Clinical Decision Making, and a primary care clinician in the Department of Medicine at Tufts Medical Center. He is also director of comparative effectiveness research for th…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/glaucoma-screening-2004
March 07, 2005 - Copyright and Electronic Dissemination
This document is in the public domain within the United States … Models of open-angle glaucoma prevalence and incidence in the United States.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-screening
July 15, 2004 - Copyright and Electronic Dissemination
This document is in the public domain within the United States … Current Trends Congenital Syphilis—United States, 1983-1985. MMWR 1986;35(40):625-8.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/john-b-wong-md
March 01, 2018 - John B. Wong, M.D.
Member
John B. Wong, M.D., is interim chief scientific officer, vice chair for Academic Affairs, chief of the Division of Clinical Decision Making, and a primary care clinician in the Department of Medicine at Tufts Medical Center. He is also director of comparative effectiveness researc…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/preeclampsia-screening
April 25, 2017 - . 1 Preeclampsia is the second leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide. 2 , 3 In the United States … undefined reasons (eTable 4 in the Supplement). 37-49 , 54 Six studies were conducted in the United States … The models were validated with prospective cohort data collected in the United States by Oliveira et … by Poon et al 55 was the only one externally validated in more than 1 setting, including the United States … Pre-eclampsia rates in the United States, 1980-2010: age-period-cohort analysis.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/john-b-wong-md
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John B. Wong, M.D.
Member
John B. Wong, M.D., is vice chair for Academic Affairs, chief of the Division of Clinical Decision Making, and a primary care clinician in the Depar…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/2016-report-congress
January 01, 2016 - 2016 Report to Congress
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) has released its “Sixth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Cl…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/testicular-cancer-screening
April 15, 2011 - This document is in the public domain within the United States
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/2017-report-congress
January 01, 2017 - 2017 Report to Congress
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) has released its “Seventh Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for …
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/introducing-myhealthfinder-widget
April 15, 2010 - Introducing the myhealthfinder Widget
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April 15, 2010 – Provide your visitors with free personalized health and wellness information at the click of a button. healthfinder.go…