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1. Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   May 16, 2019 - Does the accuracy of the screening tests vary by subgroups (e.g., age, sex, or race/ethnicity)? … What are the serious harms of the different screening tests? … What is the adherence (or uptake) to testing for each of the currently available screening tests? … all tests and per lesion for direct visualization tests), and false-positive and false-negative rates … The USPSTF also added urine-based tests as a screening method.

2. Final Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   July 24, 2025 - What is the accuracy and reliability of screening tests for amblyopia, its risk factors, and refractive … and interventions KQs 1–3: Studies of screening tests used or available in primary care settings, … including: autorefractors and photoscreeners currently commercially available, visual acuity tests ( … e.g., picture identification tests, such as Lea symbols or Allen test cards; HOTV chart; Snellen chart … test), contour stereotests, such as the Titmus Fly tests, and ocular alignment tests (e.g., corneal

3. Draft Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   April 24, 2025 - What is the accuracy and reliability of screening tests for amblyopia, its risk factors, and refractive … and interventions KQs 1–3: Studies of screening tests used or available in primary care settings, … including: visual acuity tests (e.g., autorefraction; picture identification tests, such as Allen test … cards or Lea symbols; HOTV chart; Snellen chart; stereoacuity tests (e.g., contour stereotests, such … as the Frisby, Random Dot E, Stereo Smile, and Titmus Fly tests; Moving Dynamic Random Dot Stereosize

4. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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   July 31, 2020 - The USPSTF recom- mendation for screening for colorectal cancer does not include serum tests, urine tests … Screening Tests The risks and benefits of different screening tests vary. … , urine tests, or capsule endoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. … Stool-Based Tests Stool-based tests include the high-sensitivity guaiac fecal occult blood test (gFOBT … Several recommended screening tests are available.

5. Archived: Syphilis Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   January 01, 1996 - Used in concert with nontreponemal tests, however, the positive predictive value of treponemal tests … tests, since declining antibody titers may produce false-negative nontreponemal tests. … Syphilis tests in diagnostic and therapeutic decision making. … Diagnostic tests. In: Larsen SA, Hunter EF, Kraus SJ, eds. A manual of tests for syphilis. … Specific syphilis serological tests may become negative in HIV infection.

6. Recommendation: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   May 18, 2021 - Several recommended screening tests are available. … The USPSTF recommendation for screening for colorectal cancer does not include serum tests, urine tests … Screening Tests The risks and benefits of different screening tests vary. … , urine tests, or capsule endoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. … Stool-Based Tests Stool-based tests include the high-sensitivity guaiac fecal occult blood test (gFOBT

7. Archived: Final Research Plan: Preeclampsia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan109/preeclampsia-screening-april-2017
   August 14, 2014 - used, timing of tests, rescreen intervals) or preeclampsia risk status? … How effectively do screening tests (e.g., blood pressure, proteinuria) identify women with preeclampsia … How accurate are different screening tests for proteinuria? … How effective are different screening protocols (e.g., instruments, test procedures, timing of tests, … For women without proteinuria who have hypertension in pregnancy, what other screening tests should be

8. Archived: Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   June 07, 2016 - Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation. … Therefore, tests of specimens obtained in nonclinical settings and most point-of-care or in-house tests … What is the accuracy of currently used screening tests and strategies (eg, sequence of tests) for detecting … Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation. … Three observational studies of treponemal and nontreponemal tests found that screening tests for syphilis

9. Screening for Syphilis: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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   June 07, 2016 - Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation. … B What is the accuracy of currently used screening tests and strategies (eg, sequence of tests) for … Therefore, tests of specimens obtained in nonclinical set- tings and most point-of-care or in-house tests … For example, limiting the review to FDA-cleared tests excluded stud- ies of many rapid tests that are … Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation.

10. Archived: Final Research Plan: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan54/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
    April 17, 2014 - the test performance characteristics (e.g., sensitivity and specificity) of the following screening tests … Colonoscopy Flexible sigmoidoscopy CT colonography Fecal screening tests: … What are the current rates of overall screening for colorectal cancer and screening with specific tests … What is the adherence to testing for each of the currently available screening tests? … Do rates of screening or adherence to screening tests vary by important subpopulations (i.e., by age,

11. Final Research Plan: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 02, 2021 - *Studies that screen using an HSV-2 serologic test alone or type-specific HSV-1 and HSV-2 serologic tests … eligibility criteria; however, only the accuracy of test characteristics related to HSV-2 serological tests … for HSV-2 or “paired testing” for HSV-1 and HSV-2 ‡ KQs 1–3: Serologic tests for HSV-2 that are not … commercially available or approved by the FDA; nonserologic tests indicated for the diagnosis of HSV … in persons with genital lesions (e.g., cell culture or PCR-based testing); HSV serologic tests that

12. Archived: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 15, 2011 - Screening Tests Various screening tests that are feasible in primary care are used to identify visual … These tests include visual acuity tests, stereoacuity tests, the cover-uncover test, and the Hirschberg … Vision screening tests included tests of visual acuity, stereoacuity, and ocular alignment, as well as … tests using autorefractors and photoscreeners. … 10 different screening tests.

13. Screening for Bladder Cancer in Adults: Literature Surveillance Report (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2024 - and overtreatment associated with screen-detected bladder cancer; • the accuracy of urine screening tests … evaluate the effect of screening for bladder cancer on morbidity and mortality; accuracy of screening tests … All new studies of urine tests for bladder cancer were conducted in symptomatic populations or those

14. Screening for Gonorrhea: Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2005 - Tests Using Urine Specimens in Women Figure 6. Tests Using Urethral Specimens in Men Figure 7. … New testing technologies, such as nucleic acid amplification tests and nucleic acid hybridization tests … These tests initially included antigen detection tests such as enzyme immunoassay (EIA). … Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests Nucleic Acid Hybridization Tests TABLE 1. … Tests Using Urine Specimens in Women Figure 6. Tests Using Urethral Specimens in Men Figure 7.

15. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2021 - , 91.7% of all tests were rehydrated; in the Minnesota Colon Cancer Control Study, 82.5% of all tests … Sparse data on most individual tests limited comparisons. … or developing new tests. … Empirical evidence of design-related bias in studies of diagnostic tests. … Immunochemical faecal occult blood tests are superior to guaiac-based tests for the detection of colorectal

16. Vision Screening for Children 1 to 5 Years of Age: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2011 - Screening Tests Various screening tests that are feasi- ble in primary care are used to identify visual … These tests include visual acuity tests, stereoacuity tests, the cover-uncover test, and the Hirschberg … Vision screening tests in- cluded tests of visual acuity, stereoa- cuity, and ocular alignment, as well … as tests using autorefractors and photo- screeners. … 10 different screening tests.

17. Archived: Final Research Plan: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/genital-herpes-screening-november-2016
    August 06, 2015 - eligibility criteria; however, only the accuracy of test characteristics related to HSV-2 serological tests … also illustrates the intermediate steps and key questions about the accuracy of serologic screening tests … for HSV-2 or “paired testing” for HSV-1 and HSV-2 ‡ KQs 2b, 3: Serologic tests for HSV-2 that are … not commercially available or approved by the FDA; nonserologic tests indicated for the diagnosis of … Specifically, the USPSTF clarified that paired tests (i.e., serologic tests that screen for HSV-1 and

18. Recommendation: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 05, 2017 - Screening Tests Various screening tests are used in primary care to identify vision abnormalities in … the accuracy of various screening tests: visual acuity tests (6 studies), stereoacuity tests (4 studies … ), ocular alignment tests (1 study), combinations of clinical tests (4 studies), autorefractors (16 studies … Visual Acuity Tests Six fair-quality studies evaluated visual acuity tests (Lea Symbols or HOTV). … (including visual acuity tests, a combination of clinical tests, an autorefractor, and 2 photoscreeners

19. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Cervical Cancer (pdf file)
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    January 13, 2025 - That said, Pap tests continue to be the best option for women in their 20s.” … However, all three screening methods—HPV tests, Pap tests, and co-testing—are effective and recommended … For the first time, the Task Force has included self-collected HPV tests in its recommendation. … This means normal results from their last three Pap tests or their last two HPV tests, noting that those … tests must have been completed in the past 10 years, with at least one of the tests happening within

20. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary4/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
    October 15, 2008 - or enhancing existing tests. … replacements for currently recommended tests. … Key question 2b (test performance characteristics of newer screening tests) covered 3 tests: CT colonography … , fecal immunochemical tests, and fecal DNA tests. … tests (as listed in KQ1d)?