Screening for cervical cancer [electronic resource] : a systematic evidence review for the U.S. preventive services task force / Kimberly K. Vesco .... [et al.].
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- Rockville, MD : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2011]
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- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xiii, 263 p.)).
- Additional Creators
- Vesco, Kimberly K., United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Oregon Health & Science University. Evidence-based Practice Center
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- Summary
- We undertook this systematic review to assist the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in updating its 2003 recommendation on cervical cancer screening. During the planning phase of this evidence review on cervical cancer screening, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) decided to fund a separate modeling study to be conducted simultaneously. The USPSTF determined that the scope for both the systematic review and the modeling study would focus on important clinical questions that could inform effective use of screening in practice. This systematic review focuses on when to begin screening and on updating test accuracy and harms data on liquid-based cytology (LBC) and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, either alone or in combination with cytology. The modeling study focuses on the effectiveness of strategies that use different ages at which to begin screening and different screening intervals.1 These two reports are intended to provide the USPSTF with complementary information to update its recommendation on cervical cancer screening.
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- "May 2011."
"Contract No. HHS-290-2007-10057-I, Task Order No. 3." - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Funding Information
- Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850; www.ahrq.gov Contract No. HHS-290-2007-10057-I, Task Order No. 3, Prepared by: Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center, Portland, Oregon
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