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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)-Related Articles, July 17, 2015

Pandya A, Gupta A. Improving imaging to optimize screening strategies for carotid artery stenosis. Clin Imaging 2015 Jul 16; epub ahead of print. [Summarizes findings from USPSTF-sponsored systematic review and meta-analysis of screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (Ann Intern Med, 2014).] Select to access the abstract.

Birse CE, Lagier RJ, FitzHugh W, et al. Blood-based lung cancer biomarkers identified through proteomic discovery in cancer tissues, cell lines and conditioned medium. Clin Proteomics 2015 Jul 16;12(1):18. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for lung cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2014) and associated systematic review (Ann Intern Med, 2013).] Select to access the abstract.

Li J, Berkowitz Z, Hall IJ. Decrease in prostate cancer testing following the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations. J Am Board Fam Med 2015 Jul-Aug; 28(4):491-3. [Uses age-specific  criteria from USPSTF recommendations on screening for prostate cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2012; cites guidelines from other organizations on AHRQ’s National Guideline ClearinghouseTM (NGC).] Select to access the abstract.

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