Explore Recommendation Statements and accompanying evidence reports about cancer screening and prevention and more from the USPSTF.
This Viewpoint summarizes how the US Preventive Services Task Force specifies target populations for its recommendations and highlights 3 problems鈥攊ncluding exacerbation of health inequities鈥攑osed by the proposed use of more complex risk models to better identify target populations and increase effectiveness and efficiency of prevention efforts (鈥減recision prevention鈥).
This cross-sectional study examines the independent associations of social risk factor domains with odds of receiving preventive care services among US adults.
This cohort study examines whether the 2021 US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation for colorectal cancer screening among individuals aged 45 to 49 years with average risk was associated with changes in screening uptake.
This work discusses the Braidwood Management Inc v Becerra case and how the intent of Congress, the health of the public, and the law may come into conflict.
This 2024 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force concludes that current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening and routine supplementation for iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in pregnant persons to prevent adverse maternal and infant health outcomes (I statement).
This systematic review to support a 2024 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of iron supplementation, and screening for iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia, during pregnancy.
This special communication summarizes the findings of previous United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) evidence reviews on the prevention of child maltreatment and suggests potential considerations for future studies.
This 2024 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that clinicians provide or refer children and adolescents 6 years or older with a high body mass index (鈮95th percentile for age and sex) to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions (B recommendation).
This systematic review to support a 2024 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of weight management interventions for children and adolescents.
This 2024 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends exercise interventions to prevent falls in community-dwelling adults 65 years or older who are at increased risk for falls (B recommendation) and that clinicians individualize the decision to offer multifactorial interventions to prevent falls in this population (C recommendation).
This systematic review to support a 2024 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of primary care鈥搑elevant multifactorial and exercise interventions to prevent falls among community-dwelling adults 65 years or older.
This systematic review to support a 2024 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of screening for breast cancer in adult females.
This 2024 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends biennial screening mammography for women aged 40 to 74 years (B recommendation) and concludes that evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening mammography in women 75 years or older (I statement) and of screening using ultrasonography or MRI in women with dense breasts on a negative mammogram (I statement).
This modeling study uses Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network models and national data on breast cancer incidence, mammography performance, treatment effects, and other-cause mortality in US women without previous cancer diagnoses to estimate outcomes of various mammography screening strategies.
This 2024 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of primary care interventions to prevent child maltreatment (I statement).
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