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961. Benefits and Harms of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for Prostate Cancer: An Evidence Update (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2008 - Does screening for prostate cancer with PSA, as a single-threshold test or as a function of multiple tests … Does screening for prostate cancer with PSA, as a single-threshold test or as a function of multiple tests … Does screening for prostate cancer with PSA, as a single- threshold test or as a function of multiple tests … identified no RCTs that measured health outcomes from PSA screening by means other than single-threshold tests … includes large number (�100) of broad-spectrum patients Fair: Evaluates relevant available screening tests

962. Liquid-Based Cytology and Human Papillomavirus Testing to Screen for Cervical Cancer: A Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2011 - Screening programs using conventional cytology have successfully reduced cervical cancer, but newer tests … Currently, 3 tests for high-risk HPV—Digene Hybrid Cap- ture 2 (Qiagen, Germantown, Maryland), Cobas … Hu- man papillomavirus DNA versus Papanicolaou screening tests for cervical cancer. … Human papillomavirus and Papanicolaou tests to screen for cervical cancer. … Special commentary: patient safety and the next generation of HPV DNA tests.

963. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 15, 2010 - Grade: B Screening Tests BMI is calculated from the weight in kilograms divided by the square … Screening Tests In 2005, the USPSTF found adequate evidence that BMI was an acceptable measure for … Accuracy of Screening Tests In 2005, the USPSTF found that BMI (calculated as weight in kilograms

964. Is Prostate Cancer Screening Right for You? (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - Of men randomized to screening in the ERSPC trial, 83% had one or more PSA screening tests during

965. Archived: Final Research Plan: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 15, 2013 - What are the harms of screening for HBV infection (e.g., labeling, anxiety, and harms of confirmatory tests

966. Is Prostate Cancer Screening Right for You? (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - Of men randomized to screening in the ERSPC trial, 83% had one or more PSA screening tests during

967. Archived: Final Research Plan: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 17, 2014 - the Human Development Index (as defined by the World Health Organization)   Screening tests

968. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 12, 2005 - What clinical screening tests for overweight in childhood are reliable and valid in predicting obesity … What clinical screening tests for overweight in childhood are reliable and valid in poor health outcomes … to determine the test characteristics (sensitivity and specificity) of clinically feasible screening tests … What clinical screening tests for overweight in childhood are reliable and valid in predicting obesity … Screening tests as a risk factor II-2 Fair.

969. Archived: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 24, 2013 - Screening Tests Genetic risk assessment and BRCA mutation testing are generally multistep processes … Tests for BRCA mutations are highly sensitive and specific for known mutations, but interpretation of … BRCA Mutation Testing Adequate evidence suggests that current genetic sequencing tests can accurately … Tests for BRCA mutations are highly sensitive and specific for known mutations, but interpretation of … Available tests may not be able to identify mutations in these families.

970. JAMA (pdf file)
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     November 12, 2019 - The USPSTF has previously established that there is adequate evidence that current genetic tests can … Tests for BRCA1/2 mutations are highly sensitive and specific for known mutations. … Tests for BRCA1/2 mutations are highly sensitive and specific for known mutations. … 2015, recommend new stan- dard terminology for reporting BRCA1/2 mutations identified by ge- netic tests … screening for breast and ovarian cancer is associated with false-positive results, additional imaging tests

971. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     October 11, 2019 - Screening Tests The principal screening test for detecting maternal HBV infection is the serologic identification … Screening Tests The principal screening test for detecting maternal HBV infection is the serologic identification … effectiveness and harms of case management to prevent perinatal transmission.25 Accuracy of Screening Tests … These tests should be designated as “prenatal.”

972. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services: 13th Annual Report to Congress (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - benefits and harms of a preventive service in people without signs or symptoms, including screening tests … • For anxiety disorders, more research is needed on the benefits of screening tests that look for … a specific anxiety disorder vs. tests that look for several anxiety disorders … • More information is needed on the accuracy of screening tests for suicide risk. … • Includes the accuracy of screening tests for suicide risk.

973. Archived: Evidence Summary: Supplemental Screening in Women With Dense Breasts: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 11, 2016 - and d) from nondense breasts, and 4 states require that insurers cover subsequent examinations and tests … We calculated the sensitivity and specificity of the supplemental breast screening tests for women with … the opposite reclassification may alarm women unnecessarily or prompt supplemental screening tests … density assessments to women. 48 Few studies evaluated test performance of supplemental screening tests … Accessed at https://www.cancer.org/cancer/breast-cancer/screening-tests-and-early-detection.html on

974. Evidence Summary: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 13, 2018 - psychological harms was limited but nonsignificant except in the case of repeat follow-up scans and tests … When multiple statistical tests were presented in publications, the prespecified statistical analyses … Does screening for ovarian cancer in asymptomatic women using single tests or combined algorithms (such … The UK Pilot 33 trial compared 3 rounds of annual CA-125 screening tests having a fixed cutpoint (≥30 … surgery. 33 No surgical complications were reported in the UK Pilot trial. 33 The CA-125 screening tests

975. Ym2Epescwzwnpaamr78Shp (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - Population Recommendation Risk Assessment Balance of Benefits and Harms Treatment Screening Tests … Accuracy of Screening Tests Feasible or referable primary care screening tests for AAA include ultrasonography … What’s behind the ratings for heart screening tests? Feb- ruary 2013. … Accessed at www.consumerreports.org/cro/2013/01/whats-behind -the-ratings-for-heart-screening-tests/index.htm … /index.htm http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2013/01/whats-behind-the-ratings-for-heart-screening-tests

976. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2008 - horizontal line with a circle labeled "2" for "key question #2," which asks about current screening tests … KQ2: What are the sensitivities, specificities, reliabilities, and yields of current screening tests … Key Question 4 Study presents harms of screening tests accepted in key questions 1 or 3. … Gestational diabetes: fasting and postprandial glucose as first prenatal screening tests in a high-risk … Criteria for screening tests for gestational diabetes. Am J Obstet Gynecol . 1982;144:768-73.

977. Archived: Evidence Summary: Osteoporosis: Screening 2011 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 06, 2010 - Recent Studies Comparing Performance of Bone Measurement Tests in Predicting Fractures Appendix … Harms of screening include consequences of false-positive and false-negative tests, patient anxiety and … To determine the performance of bone measurement tests in predicting fractures, we limited studies to … 3b) "How well do peripheral bone measurement tests predict fractures?" … KQ3: Screening Tests and Intervals:    KQ3a: 5 studies (in 6 articles).    

978. Pzrh6M8Vucdvmsabwkaqa2 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2014 - RECOMMENDATION Population Recommendation Risk Assessment Other Relevant USPSTF Recommendations Screening Tests … Tests for BRCA mutations are highly sensitive and specific for known mutations, but interpretation of … BRCA Mutation Testing Adequate evidence suggests that current genetic se- quencing tests can accurately … Tests for BRCA mutations are highly sensitive and specific for known mutations, but interpretation of … Available tests may not be able to identify mutations in these families.

979. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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     August 21, 2018 - Data Synthesis and Analysis Because of the heterogeneity of screening tests, screening proto- cols, follow-up … was inconsistent, and none of the trials reported on ad- verse events associated with the screening tests … Comparison of the Roche cobas® 4800 and Digene Hybrid Capture® 2 HPV tests for primary cervical cancer … Human papillomavirus and Papanicolaou tests to screen for cervical cancer [published correction appears … Accuracy of colposcopy management to detect CIN3 and invasive cancer in women with abnormal screening tests

980. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2013 - Force comprehensively assesses evidence and makes recommendations about the effectiveness of screening tests … In its first and second annual reports to Congress, the Task Force identified screening tests, behavioral … However, the visual acuity tests usually conducted in primary care settings do not accurately diagnose … Avoiding the Unintended Harms of Medical Procedures and Testing in Older Adults Screening tests and … Screening for Cervical Cancer With Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Tests 3.