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Communicating evidence-based recommendations from the USPSTF
- A - Strongly recommend
- Good evidence that the benefits substantially outweigh harms
- B—Recommend
- At least fair evidence that benefits outweigh harms
- C—USPSTF makes no recommendation
- Fair to good evidence that the benefits and harms are closely balanced
- D—Recommend against routine use
- Ineffective or harms outweigh potential benefits
- I—Insufficient evidence to make a recommendation
- No evidence or poor quality evidence
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Presenter: Tricia
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