U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)-Related Articles, April 10, 2015

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Dehkordy SF, Hall KS, Roach AL, Rothman ED, Dalton VK, Carlos RC. Trends in breast cancer screening: impact of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations. Am J Prev Med 2015 Apr 1; epub ahead of print. [Cites and analyzes impacts of USPSTF recommendation statement, Screening for Breast Cancer, 2009.] Select to access the abstract.

Annals of Internal Medicine
Pinsky PF, Gierada DS, Black W, Munden R, Nath H, Aberle D, Kazerooni E. Performance of Lung-RADS in the National Lung Screening Trial: a retrospective assessment. Ann Intern Med 2015 Apr 7; 162(7):485-91. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for lung cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2014).] Select to access the abstract.

Wee CC. The role of commercial weight-loss programs. Ann Intern Med 2015 Apr 7; 162(7):522-3. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for and management of obesity in adults (Ann Intern Med, 2012).] Select to access the abstract.

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
O'Connor SR, Tully MA, Ryan B, Bleakley CM, Baxter GD, Bradley JM, McDonough SM. Walking exercise for chronic musculoskeletal pain: systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2015 Apr; 96(4):724-34.e3. [Cites USPSTF-sponsored articles by Sawaya et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2007) and Harris et al. (Am J Prev Med, 2001) on USPSTF methodologies.] Select to access the abstract.

Health Affairs
Ong MS, Mandl KD. National expenditure for false-positive mammograms and breast cancer overdiagnoses estimated at $4 billion a year. Health Aff 2015 Apr; 34(4):576-83. [Uses screening criteria from USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2009).] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA
Carroll AE. How useful are screening tests? JAMA 2015 Apr 7; 313(13):1304. [Discusses USPSTF recommendations on screening for various diseases.] Select to access the abstract.

Manson JE, Bassuk SS. Vitamin D research and clinical practice: at a crossroads. JAMA 2015 Apr 7; 313(13):1311-2. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for vitamin D deficiency in adults and on vitamin, mineral, and multivitamin supplements for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2015 and 2014, respectively).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Thoracic Imaging
Murugan VA, Kalra MK, Rehani M, Digumarthy SR. Lung cancer screening: computed tomography radiation and protocols. J Thorac Imaging 2015 Sep; 30(5):283-9. [Mentions the addition of low-dose computed tomography to USPSTF recommendations on lung cancer screening in 2013.] Select to access the abstract.