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441. Wrawvp7P8Rdns25Gqldaht (pdf file)
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     HIV infection, a compromised immune system, in utero exposure to diethylstilbestrol, and previous treatment … that w omen receive adequate screening, appropriate evaluation of abnormal results, and indicated treatment … Treatments and Interventions High-grade cervical lesions may be treated w ith excisional and ablative … therapies.

442. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 01, 2002 - Radical prostatectomy  and radiation are the most commonly used treatments for localized prostate cancer … yet few well‐conducted randomized controlled trials have been completed to determine whether these treatments … Finally, this study cannot address how much better outcomes would have been if treatments were begun … , for poorly differentiated cancers. 3 In the absence of better data about which treatments are effective … suffer more serious complications, including infections. 3 Screening may result in harm if it leads to treatments

443. Evidence Summary: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 10, 2018 - Given that risk estimates are used to guide preventive therapy such as aspirin and statins, 6 , 8-10 … and appraise updated evidence on the benefits and harms of nontraditional risk factor assessment and therapy … studies for each KQ or methodological and clinical heterogeneity, including differences in outcomes and treatments … thresholds to initiate preventive therapies have been lowered to 7.5% or 10%, and reported NRI will … In the absence of this evidence, studies in which preventive therapies were guided by nontraditional

444. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) (pdf file)
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     October 04, 2005 - To monitor severity over time for newly diagnosed patients or patients in current treatment for depression … Results may be included in patient files to assist you in setting up a treatment goal, determining degree … of response, as well as guiding treatment intervention.

445. Archived: Evidence Summary: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cancer: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 11, 2016 - and secondary prevention trials, 20-year CRC mortality was reduced among persons assigned to aspirin therapy … Evidence from CVD primary and secondary prevention studies suggested that aspirin therapy reduces CRC … Effects of aspirin therapy on total cancer incidence within 10 years of initiation were generally small … Cuzick and colleagues used a modeling approach to conclude that the benefits of initiating therapy with … Evidence from primary and secondary prevention studies suggests that aspirin therapy reduces the risk

446. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Dental Caries in Children from Birth Through Age 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2013 - Approximately three-quarters of children with caries have not received treatment 5 . … For preventive treatments (key question 6), we also included studies of primary care–feasible treatments … Topical antimicrobial therapy in the prevention of early childhood caries: a follow-up report. … groups A: One 5% fluoride varnish treatment and 2 placebo treatments every 6 mo B: One set of … 3.5% fluoride varnish treatments over 2 wk once per year and 3 placebo treatments over 2 wk, 6 mo later

447. Screening for Cervical Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - High-grade lesions may be treated with ablative and excisional therapies, including cryotherapy, laser … High-grade lesions may be treated with ablative and exci- sional therapies, including cryotherapy, laser … , or harms of treatment). … In addition to sur- gical risks inherent to excisional therapies for neoplastic lesions, treatment may … No treatments are avail- able to eliminate HPV.

448. Recommendation: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 10, 2018 - Treatments and Interventions Asymptomatic adults at increased risk for CVD are usually treated with … Two RCTs (total N = 4626) compared using the ABI to guide decisions to start aspirin therapy vs usual … the effect of screening with CAC score on risk perception, adherence to medication, and behavioral therapies … Some comments also expressed belief that CAC score testing leads to better adherence to preventive therapies … It recommends judicious use of secondary testing among patients for whom the need for statin therapy

449. Using Nontraditional Risk Factors in Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     October 06, 2009 - Treatment to prevent CHD events by modifying risk factors is currently based on the Framingham risk model … classification of individuals at intermediate risk could be improved by using additional risk factors, treatment … of hs-CRP or ABI scores, data are not available to determine whether they benefit from additional treatments … Clinicians should continue to use the Framingham model to assess CHD risk and guide risk-based preventive therapy

450. Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - of asymptomatic CAS; and randomized, controlled trials of the benefits of treatment for CAS with carotid … Effectiveness of Early Detection and Treatment Two good-quality RCTs, the ACAS (Asymptomatic Carotid … the study, and would not have included treatments that are now considered to be optimal medical management … Potential Harms of Screening and Treatment Tests done to confirm carotid duplex ultrasonography have … It is difficult to determine what effect current standard med- ical therapy would have on overall benefit

451. Screening for Oral Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Treatment Suspected oral cancer or its precursors detected on examination require confirmation by tissue … Treatment for screen-detected oral cancer includes surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy.

452. Archived: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 13, 2016 - vs no treatment, or delayed vs earlier treatment in adults in this age group. … or treatment-to-target strategies affect clinical outcomes is extremely limited. … to "which population should be prescribed statin therapy?" … The treatment strategy is treatment-to-target rather than by therapy dose (eg, ≥50% reduction in LDL-C … Cholesterol Treatment Trialists’ (CTT) Collaborators.

453. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 12, 2015 - The analytic framework also depicts the possible adverse events occurring after screening (KQ2) or treatment … : Screening involving BMI or other primary care–feasible anthropomorphic measure; may also involve treatment … initiation of intervention (i.e., death, medical issue requiring hospitalization or urgent medical treatment … ) or other treatment-related harms reported in trials meeting inclusion criteria for intermediate or … followup; serious harms are events resulting in death, hospitalization, or the need for urgent medical treatment

454. Chemo and Couns/2nd instal (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2002 - †HRT, hormone replacement therapy. … Duration of therapy is important because data from the BCPT and the adjuvant breast cancer therapy trials13 … ; the effect increases with time up to 5 years of treatment. … Systemic treatment of early breast cancer by hormonal, cytotoxic, or immune therapy. 133 randomised trials … Risk of venous thromboembolism in users of hormone replacement therapy.

455. Archived: Final Research Plan: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 15, 2013 - Treatment for pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia is indicated on the framework after screening … What are the benefits of treatment for iron deficiency anemia on maternal and infant intermediate and … What are the harms of iron treatment in pregnant women? … forms of iron Comparators KQs 1, 2:  No screening for iron deficiency anemia  KQs 3, 4:  No treatment

456. Aspirin for the Prevention of Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Systematic Evidence Reviews for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - secondary prevention trials, 20- year CRC mortality was reduced among persons assigned to as- pirin therapy … Evidence from CVD primary and secondary preven- tion studies suggested that aspirin therapy reduces CRC … Effects of aspirin therapy on total cancer incidence within 10 years of initiation were generally small … Cuzick and colleagues used a modeling approach to conclude that the benefits of initiating therapy with … Evidence from primary and secondary prevention studies sug- gests that aspirin therapy reduces the risk

457. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Genital Herpes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review55/genital-herpes-screening-2005
     March 15, 2005 - Mortality is high despite treatment with antiviral therapy. … treatment of genital HSV. … Antiviral treatment. … There is limited evidence on the safety of antiviral treatments during pregnancy. … Safety profiles for all treatments were comparable.

458. Screening for Genital Herpes Simplex: A Brief Update (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2005 - Mortality is high despite treatment with antiviral therapy. … treatment of genital HSV. … Safety profiles for all treatments were comparable. Good Table 2. … rate of cesarean delivery was 8.4% in treatment group (Group 1), 16.5% in no treatment group (Group … There is limited evidence on the safety of antiviral treatments during pregnancy.

459. Archived: Tuberculosis Infection, Including Bacille Calmette-Guérin Immunization: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 11, 2014 - in adults are nearly as effective as 12 months of treatment. 23 , 26 Preventive INH therapy is also … Preventive therapy. In: Kubica GP, Wayne LG, eds. The mycobacteria: a source book. … Preventive therapy with isoniazid: cost-effectiveness of different durations of therapy. … Decision analysis for tuberculosis preventive treatment in nursing homes. … Treatment of tuberculosis and tuberculosis infection in adults and children.

460. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Falls Prevention in Older Adults: Counseling and Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2010 - For single clinical treatments, the analyses were further stratified by treatment type. … Exercise or Physical Therapy We evaluated 18 trials of exercise or physical therapy interventions ( … Single Clinical Treatments Vitamin D We evaluated 9 trials of vitamin D supplementation (5809 participants … Other treatments for uncorrected refractive errors showed limited evidence of harm. … Management approaches were categorized as comprehensive (treatments and education to comprehensively