USPSTF/PPIP-Related Articles, August 22, 2014

Annals of Internal Medicine
LeFevre ML; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2014 Aug 19; 161(4):281-90. [Updates 2005 USPSTF recommendations on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm, based on USPSTF-sponsored evidence synthesis, Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: An Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2014, and USPSTF-sponsored systematic review by Guirguis-Blake et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2014).] Select to access the abstract.

Perkins RB, Stier EA. Should U.S. women be screened for cervical cancer with pap tests, HPV tests, or both? Ann Intern Med 2014 Aug 19; 161(4):295-7. [Mentions USPSTF recommendations on screening for cervical cancer.]

Keen JD. Aggregate costs of mammography screening in the United States. Ann Intern Med 2014 Aug 19; 161(4):304-5; author response, 305. [Mentions USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer.]

BMC Medicine
Thombs BD, Ziegelstein RC, Roseman M, Kloda LA, Ioannidis JP. There are no randomized controlled trials that support the United States Preventive Services Task Force Guideline on screening for depression in primary care: a systematic review. BMC Med 2014 Jan 28; 12:13. [Evaluates studies reviewed for USPSTF-sponsored evidence synthesis, Screening for Depression in Adults and Older Adults in Primary Care: An Updated Systematic Review, 2009; cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for depression (Ann Intern Med, 2002 and 2009).] Select to access the abstract.

BMC Public Health
Allen JD, Bluethmann SM, Sheets M, Opdyke KM, Gates-Ferris K, Hurlbert M, Harden E. Women's responses to changes in U.S. Preventive Task Force's mammography screening guidelines: results of focus groups with ethnically diverse women. BMC Public Health 2013 Dec 12; 13:1169. [Evaluates knowledge of and attitudes toward USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer and associated evidence review (both in Ann Intern Med, 2009).] Select to access the abstract.

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Sonalkar S, Mody S, Gaffield ME. Outreach and integration programs to promote family planning in the extended postpartum period. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2014 Mar; 124(3):193-7. [Uses the USPSTF grading system to assess the quality of selected studies, citing USPSTF-sponsored article by Harris et al. (Am J Prev Med, 2001).] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA
Brett AS. Flexible sigmoidoscopy for colorectal cancer screening: more evidence, persistent ironies. JAMA 2014 Aug 13; 312(6):601-2. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for colorectal cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2008).]

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Elnicki DM. Hypertension among the young invincibles. J Gen Intern Med 2014 Aug; 29(4):1085-6. [Cites USPSTF reaffirmed recommendations on screening for high blood pressure (Ann Intern Med, 2007).]

Pyra M, Weber K, Wilson TE, Cohen J, Murchison L, Goparaju L, Cohen MH. Sexual minority status and violence among HIV infected and at-risk women. J Gen Intern Med 2014 Aug; 29(8):1131-8. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for intimate partner violence and abuse of elderly and vulnerable adults (Ann Intern Med, 2013).] Select to access the abstract.

Olchanski N, Winn A, Cohen JT, Neumann PJ. Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: how many life years lost from underuse of the Medicare screening benefit? J Gen Intern Med 2014 Aug; 29(8):1155-61. [Cites USPSTF-sponsored systematic review by Fleming et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2005) on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Wang JH, Liang W, Ma GX, Gehan E, Wang HE, Ji CS, Tu SP, Vernon SW, Mandelblatt JS. Promoting Chinese-speaking primary care physicians' communication with immigrant patients about colorectal cancer screening: a cluster randomized trial design. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2014 Aug; 25(3):1079-100. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for colorectal cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2008).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Killelea BK, Long JB, Chagpar AB, Ma X, Wang R, Ross JS, Gross CP. Evolution of breast cancer screening in the Medicare population: clinical and economic implications. J Natl Cancer Inst 2014 Jul 16; 106(8). pii:dju159. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2009).] Select to access the abstract.

Kerlikowske K, Hubbard R, Tosteson AN. Higher mammography screening costs without appreciable clinical benefit: the case of digital mammography. J Natl Cancer Inst 2014 Jul 16; 106(8). pii:dju191. [Comments on above article and cites USPSTF-sponsored evidence review update by Nelson et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2009) on screening for breast cancer.] Select to access the abstract.

Bolton KC, Mace JL, Vacek PM, Herschorn SD, James TA, Tice JA, Kerlikowske K, Geller BM, Weaver DL, Sprague BL. Changes in breast cancer risk distribution among Vermont women using screening mammography. J Natl Cancer Inst 2014 Jun 23; 106(8). pii:dju157. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer and associated updated evidence review (both in Ann Intern Med, 2009).] Select to access the abstract.

Gage JC, Schiffman M, Katki HA, Castle PE, Fetterman B, Wentzensen N, Poitras NE, Lorey T, Cheung LC, Kinney WK. Reassurance against future risk of precancer and cancer conferred by a negative human papillomavirus test. J Natl Cancer Inst 2014 Jul 18; 106(8). pii:dju153. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for cervical cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2012).] Select to access the abstract.

Kim JJ. Practice-based evidence for primary HPV testing in the United States. J Natl Cancer Inst 2014 Jul 18; 106(8). pii: dju213. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for cervical cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2012).]

Modern Healthcare
Goozner M. The uses and abuses of cost-effectiveness analysis. Mod Healthc 2014 Aug 11; 44(32):26. [Mentions USPSTF recommendations on screening for hepatitis C virus.]

Neurology Today
Fitzgerald S. Updated clinical guideline: ultrasound screening for carotid artery stenosis should not be done in asymptomatic people. Neurol Today 2014 Aug 21; 8-10. online. [Reviews USPSTF-sponsored systematic review by Jonas et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2014) on screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.]

South African Medical Journal
Rees K, Zweigenthal V, Joyner K. Intimate partner violence: How should health systems respond? S Afr Med J 2014 Aug; 104(8):556-7. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for intimate partner violence and abuse of elderly and vulnerable adults (Ann Intern Med, 2013).]

Townsend Letter
Hudson T. Women's health update: screening mammography confusions and yoga: back to basics. Townsend Lett 2014 Aug; online. [Discusses USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer, citing the USPSTF Web site.]

World Journal of Gastroenterology
Rollan A, Arab JP, Camargo MC, Candia R, Harris P, Ferreccio C, Rabkin CS, Gana JC, Cortés P, Herrero R, et al. Management of Helicobacter pylori infection in Latin America: a Delphi technique-based consensus. World J Gastroenterol 2014 Aug 21;20(31):10969-83. [Uses methodologies in USPSTF-sponsored articles by Harris et al. (Am J Prev Med, 2001) and Sawaya et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2007) to rate quality of evidence and levels of recommendations in selected studies.] Select to access the abstract.

Also refer to article by Sultan et al. (J Health Care Poor Underserved, 2014) cited in Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products.