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221. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Screening for colorectal cancer with fecal occult blood testing and sigmoidoscopy. … A randomised trial of faecal occult blood testing for early detection of colorectal cancer: results of … Sensitivity of fecal Hemoccult testing and flexible sigmoidoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. … Effect of fecal occult blood testing on mortality from colorectal cancer: a case-control study. … A mass screening program for colorectal cancer using chemical testing for occult blood in the stool.

222. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     April 05, 2016 - assessment via a formal prescreening questionnaire and, if positive, follow-up with diagnostic spirometry testing … spirometry administered without a bronchodilator and, if positive, follow-up with diagnostic spirometry testing … risk by a prescreening questionnaire or screening spirometry are referred for diagnostic spirometry testing … spirometry administered without a bronchodilator and, if positive, follow-up with diagnostic spirometry testing … smoking cessation.11-15 These studies primar- ily examined the incremental value of adding spirometry testing

223. Estimation of Benefits, Burden, and Harms of Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies: Modeling Study for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     June 21, 2016 - EXPOSURES Screening with sensitive guaiac-based fecal occult blood testing, fecal immunochemical testing … (FIT), multitarget stool DNA testing, flexible sigmoidoscopy with or without stool testing, computed … Overall conclusions for stool-based testing did not change with the inclusion of FIT strategies with … Multitarget stool DNA testing for colorectal-cancer screening. … Decision memo for screening for colorectal cancer: stool DNA testing (CAG-00440N).

224. Recommendation: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2020 - Treatment Persons with testing results indicative of acute or chronic HBV infection generally receive … cdc_hcp_diagnosis_recommended-recommended-tests and https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/hcp/diagnosis-testing … Risk Assessment The USPSTF previously reviewed the evidence on screening for HBV using serologic testing … Guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing. World Health Organization. Published February 2017. … https://www.who.int/hepatitis/publications/guidelines-hepatitis-c-b-testing/en/ . 25.

225. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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     Screening Tests1 Spirometry can be performed in a primary care physician’s office or a pulmonary testing

226. Current Processes: Refining Evidence-based Recommendation Development - Table 3 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 01, 2007 - Genetic testing for  BRCA Updated Full or targeted The USPSTF has made a recommendation

227. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women and Young Children: Screening and Supplementation, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - B Asymptomatic persons There is iinsufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine testing … e.g., occult malignancies) that benefit from early detection, 68 there are no data to suggest that testing … Neither significance testing nor adjustment for covariates was performed, limiting the conclusions that … Serum ferritin testing may be useful as an additional screening test in selected high-risk infants. … Red blood cell zinc protoporphyrin testing for iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy.

228. untitled (pdf file)
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     August 09, 2016 - Total cholesterol may be measured with fasting or nonfasting serum testing. … Because accurate calcu- lation depends on triglyceride levels, serum testing requires a fast- ing state … Repeat testing in an individual is necessary to reliably identify chil- dren and adolescents with elevated … After confirmatory testing using a fasting LDL-C threshold level of 130 mg/dL or greater, the positive … Cholesterol testing among children and adolescents during health visits.

229. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 15, 2008 - , high-sensitivity guaiac FOBT, and fecal DNA testing) and CT colonography. … Both fecal DNA testing and Hemoccult II had poor sensitivity for advanced carcinoma. … Fecal DNA testing for colorectal cancer screening and monitoring. Lansdale, PA: HAYES; 2002. … Food and Drug Administration; FOBT = fecal occult blood testing; NR = not reported. a. … Diagnostic testing procedures applied equally to each group.    

230. Recommendation: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 02, 2023 - Testing with IGRA may have advantages over TST for persons who have received a BCG vaccination, as IGRA … Information on testing in these populations is provided by other groups, such as the Office of AIDS Research … Clinicians seeking further information about testing for tuberculosis in these populations can refer … Targeted tuberculin testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. … https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/testing/whobetested.htm 15.

231. Archived: Ovarian Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Studies have shown that routine ultrasound testing of asymptomatic women has a low yield in detecting … cancer in the population by less than 0.0001%. 50 Modeling studies that have examined annual CA-125 testing … The pelvic examination, including palpation of the adnexae, is mentioned in a recommendation on Pap testing … Although Pap testing may be performed less frequently once three annual smears have been normal, the … Given the risks, inconvenience, and substantial costs of follow-up testing, and the current lack of evidence

232. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: A Brief Evidence Update (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - cancer.10 A growing literature focuses on the identification of women who carry these genes by genetic testing … Papers related to genetic testing were also excluded because they are beyond the scope of screening recommendations … ultrasound screening, multimodal screening (sequential CA 125 tests followed by ultrasound in those testing … A positive result on testing initiates a referral to the patients’ own physicians for diagnosis. 2. … An estimated 3% to 12% of screened women will be recalled for further testing and assessment, resulting

233. JAMA (pdf file)
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     June 09, 2020 - (Screening refers to asking questions about unhealthy drug use, not testing biological specimens.) … (Screening refers to asking questions about unhealthy drug use, not testing biological specimens.) … It does not refer to testing urine, saliva, blood, or other biological speci- mens for the presence of … Screening refers to asking questions about unhealthy drug use, not testing biological specimens. … biological specimens, such as blood or urine testing) and that the term “unhealthy drug use” is used

234. Recommendation: Unhealthy Drug Use: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 09, 2020 - (Screening refers to asking questions about unhealthy drug use, not testing biological specimens.) … Screening refers to asking questions about unhealthy drug use, not testing biological specimens. … It does not refer to testing urine, saliva, blood, or other biological specimens for the presence of … Few studies used biologic reference standards such as testing of hair or urine specimens. 12 , 37 Adults … biological specimens, such as blood or urine testing) and that the term “unhealthy drug use” is used

235. Recommendation: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 18, 2021 - The benefits of stool-based testing accrue over frequent, repeated testing, thus requiring commitment … Nottingham trial of faecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer: a 20-year follow-up. … Performance of multitarget stool DNA testing in African American patients. … Multitarget stool DNA testing for colorectal-cancer screening. … Effectiveness of fecal immunochemical testing in reducing colorectal cancer mortality from the One Million

236. Archived: Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Preexposure Prophylaxis | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 11, 2019 - should exclude persons with acute or chronic HIV infection through taking a medical history and HIV testing … It is also generally recommended that kidney function testing, serologic testing for hepatitis B and … C virus, testing for other STIs, and pregnancy testing (when appropriate) be conducted at the time of … Ongoing follow-up and monitoring, including HIV testing every 3 months, is also suggested. … recommends regular screening for STIs in men who have sex with men who are at high risk of STIs, and testing

237. Clinical Summary: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     recommendations on screening for breast cancer and for risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing

238. Medications for Risk Reduction of Primary Breast Cancer in Women: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Recommendations The USPSTF has made recommendations on risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing

239. Clinical Summary: Screening for Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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     experience potential harms of screening, including false-positive results that require additional testing

240. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Testing for antibodies to HBsAg (anti-HBs) and hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) is also done as