U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)-Related Articles, December 5, 2014

American Family Physician
Holder SD, Wayhs A. Schizophrenia. Am Fam Physician 2014 Dec 1; 90(11):775-82. [Uses USPSTF and AHRQ resources as data sources.] Select to access the abstract.

USPSTF recommendations for hepatitis B screening. Am Fam Physician 2014 Dec 1; 90(11):795. [Summarizes USPSTF recommendations on screening for hepatitis B virus infection from article by LeFevre and associated USPSTF-sponsored updated systematic review by Chou et al. (both in Ann Intern Med, 2014).]

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Peitzmeier SM, Khullar K, Reisner SL, Potter J. Pap test use is lower among female-to-male patients than non-transgender women. Am J Prev Med 2014 Dec; 47(6):808-12. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statement, Screening for Cervical Cancer: Clinical Summary, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.

Annals of Internal Medicine
LeFevre ML; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Low-dose aspirin use for the prevention of morbidity and mortality from preeclampsia: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2014 Dec 2; 161(11):819-26. [Updates USPSTF 1996 recommendations on aspirin prophylaxis in pregnancy (in Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 1996), based on AHRQ evidence synthesis, Low-Dose Aspirin for the Prevention of Morbidity and Mortality from Preeclampsia: A Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2014, and associated summary review by Henderson et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2014).] Select to access the abstract.

Consultant Pharmacist
Stack E, Kier K. Patient-centered medical homes: recognition and reimbursement—part 3. Consult Pharm 2014; 29(5):347-50. [Mentions Affordable Care Act provisions requiring coverage of preventive health services rated A or B by the USPSTF.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Services Research
Dawes AJ, Louie R, Nguyen DK, Maggard-Gibbons M, Parikh P, Ettner SL, Ko CY, Zingmond DS. The impact of continuous Medicaid enrollment on diagnosis, treatment, and survival in six surgical cancers. Health Serv Res 2014 Dec; 49(6):1787-811. [Cites USPSTF-sponsored systematic reviews by Humphrey et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2013) on screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography and Whitlock et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2008) on screening for colorectal cancer, USPSTF recommendations on screening for ovarian cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2012), and USPSTF recommendation statement, Screening for Pancreatic Cancer, 2004.] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA
Saini SD, van Hees F, Vijan S. Smarter screening for cancer: possibilities and challenges of personalization. JAMA 2014 Dec 3; 312(21):2211-2. [Mentions the use of simulation models to inform USPSTF screening recommendations.]

Volerman A, Cifu AS. Cervical cancer screening. JAMA 2014 Dec 3; 312(21):2279-80. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for cervical cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2012), USPSTF-sponsored systematic review by Whitlock et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2011) on liquid-based cytology and human papillomavirus testing to screen for cervical cancer, and AHRQ publication, Screening for Cervical Cancer: A Decision Analysis for the US Preventive Services Task Force, 2011; also cites National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM guideline synthesis, Screening for Cervical Cancer in Women at Average Risk.]

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
Crandall CJ, Larson J, Gourlay ML, Donaldson MG, LaCroix A, Cauley JA, Wactawski-Wende J, Gass ML, Robbins JA, Watts NB, et al. Osteoporosis screening in postmenopausal women 50 to 64 years old: comparison of US Preventive Services Task Force strategy and two traditional strategies in the Women's Health Initiative. J Bone Miner Res 2014 Jul; 29(7):1661-6. [Uses USPSTF recommendations on screening for osteoporosis (Ann Intern Med, 2011) to determine outcome measures.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Crandall CJ, Larson JC, Watts NB, Gourlay ML, Donaldson MG, LaCroix A, Cauley JA, Wactawski-Wende J, Gass ML, Robbins JA, et al. Comparison of fracture risk prediction by the US Preventive Services Task Force strategy and two alternative strategies in women 50-64 years old in the Women's Health Initiative. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014 Dec; 99(12):4514-22. [Uses USPSTF recommendations on screening for osteoporosis (Ann Intern Med, 2011) to determine outcome measures; cites article by Crandall et al. (J Bone Miner Res, 2014) cited above.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Urology
Bhindi B, Mamdani M, Kulkarni GS, Finelli A, Hamilton RJ, Trachtenberg J, Zlotta AR, Evans A, van der Kwast TH, Toi A, et al. Impact of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations against prostate specific antigen screening on prostate biopsy and cancer detection rates. J Urol 2014 Dec 3; epub ahead of print. [Uses timing of USPSTF recommendations on screening for prostate cancer (Moyer et al., Ann Intern Med, 2012) as study criteria.] Select to access the abstract.

PLoS Medicine
Tammemägi MC, Church TR, Hocking WG, Silvestri GA, Kvale PA, Riley TL, Commins J, Berg CD. Evaluation of the lung cancer risks at which to screen ever- and never-smokers: screening rules applied to the PLCO and NLST cohorts. PLoS Med 2014 Dec 2; 11(12):e1001764. [Uses USPSTF risk assessment criteria for lung cancer screening from USPSTF recommendations on screen for lung cancer and associated comparative modeling study (Moyer et al. and de Koning et al., Ann Intern Med, 2013).] select to access the abstract.

PLoS One
Mena A, Moldes L, Meijide H, Cañizares A, Castro-Iglesias A, Delgado M, Pértega S, Pedreira J, Bou G, Poveda E.
Seroprevalence of HCV and HIV infections by year of birth in Spain: impact of US CDC and USPSTF recommendations for HCV and HIV testing. PLoS One 2014 Dec 1; 9(12):e113062. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for HIV (Moyer et al., Ann Intern Med, 2013).] Select to access the abstract.