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Reconsidering the criteria for evaluating proposed screening programs: reflections from 4 current and former members of the U.S. Preventive services task forceRussell Harris
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 725 Martin Luther King, Campus Box 7590, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
Epidemiol Rev 33:20-35. 2011..g., resources available, other priorities, the informed population's preferences). The authors hope these suggestions stimulate further discussion about the optimal way to evaluate proposed screening programs...
Overview of screening: where we are and where we may be headedRussell Harris
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 725 Martin Luther King, Campus Box 7590, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
Epidemiol Rev 33:1-6. 2011..There needs to be a wider discussion about these issues with the public...
Chemoprevention of breast cancer: a promising idea with an uncertain futureLinda S Kinsinger
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Lancet 360:813-4. 2002
Screening for gestational diabetes: a summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceSeth C Brody
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Obstet Gynecol 101:380-92. 2003..To systematically review the evidence for screening for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)...
The MD-MPH program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel HillRussell Harris
UNC School of Medicine, UNC School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Acad Med 83:371-7. 2008....
Chemoprevention of breast cancer: a summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceLinda S Kinsinger
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Program on Prevention, CB# 7508, Wing D, Room 383, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7508, USA
Ann Intern Med 137:59-69. 2002..The absolute risk reduction varies by risk factors for breast cancer, however, and must be balanced against the potential harms to judge the appropriateness of treatment for individual women...
Screening for prostate cancer: an update of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceRussell Harris
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, CB# 7590, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 725 Airport Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590, USA
Ann Intern Med 137:917-29. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Although potential harms of screening for prostate cancer can be established, the presence or magnitude of potential benefits cannot. Therefore, the net benefit of screening cannot be determined...
Screening adults for type 2 diabetes: a review of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceRussell Harris
Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 725 Airport Road, CB # 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2949, USA
Ann Intern Med 138:215-29. 2003..The magnitude of additional benefit of initiating tight glycemic control during the preclinical phase is uncertain but probably small...
