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161. Genetic Risk Assessment and BRCA Mutation Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2005 - Interventions such as prophylactic surgery, chemoprevention, or intensive screening have known harms. … However, there is fair evidence that pro- phylactic surgery for these women significantly decreases breast … Annals of Internal Medicine Volume 143 • Number 5 355 Annals of Internal Medicine Prophylactic surgery … Fair-quality evidence is available on the effectiveness of prophylactic surgery to prevent breast and … Potential for bias in studies on efficacy of prophylactic surgery for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation.

162. Recommendation: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 09, 2021 - problem that substantially limits life expectancy or the ability or willingness to have curative lung surgery … smoked for 15 years or has a health problem that limits life expectancy or the ability to have lung surgery … smoked for 15 years or has a health problem that limits life expectancy or the ability to have lung surgery … Treatment and Interventions Lung cancer can be treated with surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy … The American Association for Thoracic Surgery guidelines for lung cancer screening using low-dose computed

163. Draft Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 21, 2022 - alone or in combination Categories of excluded interventions: Social marketing Policy Surgery

164. Screening for Cervical Cancer (pdf file)
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     March 12, 2012 - Early-stage cervical cancer may be treated with surgery (hysterectomy) or chemoradiation.

165. Recommendation: Testicular Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 15, 2011 - Interventions Management of testicular cancer consists of orchiectomy and may include other surgery … Treatment Management of testicular cancer consists of orchiectomy and may include other surgery, radiation

166. Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 21, 2022 - alone or in combination Categories of excluded interventions: Social marketing Policy Surgery

167. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 03, 2003 - The long-term health effects of surgery for obesity are not well characterized. … of weight loss counseling and behavioral interventions using lifestyle change, pharmacotherapy, and surgery … even greater weight loss (mean of 12.8 kg over 1 year) compared with sibutramine alone. 32 Obesity surgery … have resolution of diabetes, hypertension, and certain dyslipidemias than patients who do not undergo surgery … of diabetes, hypertension and lipid disturbances after intentional weight loss induced by bariatric surgery

168. Archived: Glaucoma: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 15, 2013 - Treatments that are effective in reducing intraocular pressure include medications, laser therapy, and surgery … in numerous harms, including local eye irritation from medications and risk for complications from surgery … Treatments include medication, laser therapy, and surgery. … Harms Harms caused by treatment of glaucoma include formation of cataracts and those resulting from surgery

169. Final Research Plan: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 28, 2016 - percentage of men initially choose active surveillance or watchful waiting vs. invasive treatment, such as surgery … , age-specific thresholds, velocity, doubling time, variable screening intervals) KQs 3, 4: Surgery

170. Uhtgkzvs Bpnj4 G4Fxuay (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2014 - problem that substantially limits life expectancy or the ability or willingness to have curative lung surgery … problem that substantially limits life expectancy or the abil- ity or willingness to have curative lung surgery … The NLST excluded persons who were unlikely to complete curative lung can- cer surgery and those with … Similarly, persons who are unwilling to have curative lung surgery are unlikely to benefit from a screening … The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (20) recommends annual screening with LDCT in current and

171. untitled (pdf file)
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     March 07, 2017 - covered by other USPSTF screening recommendations; harms (false-positive rates, false-negative rates, surgery … Surgery rates resulting from an abnormal screening pelvic examination for ovarian cancer ranged from … 5% to 36% at 1 year, with the largest study reporting an 11% surgery rate and 1% complication rate within … 36%.19,25-27 In the Greek study,26 17% of women with abnormal pelvic examina- tion results underwent surgery … results.26 In the Australian study,27 2 women (5%) with abnormal findings on pelvic examination had surgery

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     March 07, 2017 - Among women who had abnormal findings on pelvic exami- nation, 5% to 36% went on to have surgery.4 Very … is a concern for potential invasive diagnostic procedures and treatment of ovarian cancer (such as surgery … studies, approximately 5% to 36% of women who had ab- normal pelvic examination findings went on to have surgery … to 4 rounds of annual screening but did not ultimately receive an ovarian cancer diagnosis underwent surgery … false-positive findings to cause harms by leading to unnecessary and invasive evaluations, including surgery

173. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Thyroid Cancer (pdf file)
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     May 09, 2017 - “People who are treated for these small tumors are exposed to serious risks from surgery or radiation

174. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Seeks Comments on Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Thyroid Cancer (pdf file)
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     November 22, 2016 - “People who are treated for small or slow-growing tumors are exposed to risks from surgery or radiation

175. Vc8Slesu493Dfqmmkadxgl (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2003 - The long-term health effects of surgery for obesity are not well characterized. … of weight loss counseling and behavioral interventions using lifestyle change, pharmacotherapy, and surgery … even greater weight loss (mean of 12.8 kg over 1 year) compared with sibutramine alone.32 Obesity surgery … have resolution of diabetes, hypertension, and certain dyslipidemias than patients who do not undergo surgery … of diabetes, hypertension and lipid disturbances after intentional weight loss induced by bariatric surgery

176. Task Forces Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects (pdf file)
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     March 20, 2023 - neural tube defects, having difficulties absorbing the nutrients from food because of weight loss surgery

177. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2003 - Under 1 percent (pooled samples) of surgical patients died; up to 25 percent needed surgery again over … In addition, we identified a large, controlled, cohort study evaluating surgery efficacy: the Swedish … Gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity. … Outcome following bariatric surgery in super versus morbidly obese patients: does weight matter? … Surgery - RCT (of fair or good quality) - Outcome: weight loss or BMI reduction; glucose tolerance

178. Final Research Plan: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan153/ovarian-cancer-screening
     March 03, 2016 - peritoneal and fallopian tube cancer) and morbidity, all-cause mortality, and quality of life KQ 2: Surgery

179. Archived: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 31, 2013 - problem that substantially limits life expectancy or the ability or willingness to have curative lung surgery … The NLST excluded persons who were unlikely to complete curative lung cancer surgery and those with medical … Similarly, persons who are unwilling to have curative lung surgery are unlikely to benefit from a screening … The American Association for Thoracic Surgery 20 recommends annual screening with LDCT in current and … The American Association for Thoracic Surgery guidelines for lung cancer screening using low-dose computed

180. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Taking folic acid before and during early pregnancy helps prevent neural tube defects (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2023 - neural tube defects, having difficulties absorbing the nutrients from food because of weight loss surgery