The U.S. Preventive Services Task
Force (USPSTF)
was convened by the Public Health Service to rigorously evaluate
clinical research in order to assess the merits of preventive
measures, including screening tests, counseling, and chemoprophylaxis.
The 3rd Edition of the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services updates some recommendations from the 2nd Edition and evaluates additional new topics. Recommendations from the Task Force are being released incrementally, as they become available. Select for Ordering Information (Text Version).
Screening /
Counseling /
Preventive Medication
Screening
Cancer
Breast Cancer
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 91 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 198 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download)
Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Mammography Beyond Age 65 (PDF File, 215 KB)
What's New (PDF File, 26 KB)
Bladder Cancer
Recommendation Statement
Brief Evidence Update
Cervical Cancer
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 89 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
What's New (PDF File, 7 KB)
Colorectal Cancer
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 89 KB) Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 187 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download)
Cost-effectiveness Analyses of Colorectal Cancer Screening (PDF File, 117 KB)
What's New (PDF File, 73 KB)
Lung Cancer
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 200 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 300 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
Pancreatic Cancer
Recommendation Statement
Brief Evidence Update
Prostate Cancer
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 65 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 141 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download)
What's New (PDF File, 79 KB)
Oral Cancer
Recommendation Statement
Brief Evidence Update
Ovarian Cancer
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 188 KB)
Brief Evidence Update (PDF File, 182 KB)
Skin Cancer
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 64 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 113 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
Testicular Cancer
Recommendation Statement
Brief Evidence Update
Heart and Vascular Diseases
Coronary Heart Disease
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 80 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 245 KB)
Systematic Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
High Blood Pressure
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 84 KB)
Review of the Evidence (PDF File, 103 KB)
Lipid Disorders
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 68 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 122 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
What's New
Infectious Diseases
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
Recommendation Statement
Brief Evidence Update
Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Recommendation Statement
Brief Evidence Update
Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Recommendation Statement
(PDF File, 200 KB)
Review of the Evidence
(PDF File, 380 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
What's New from the USPSTF
(PDF File, 197
KB)
Syphilis Infection
Recommendation Statement
Brief Update
Injury and Violence
Family and Intimate Partner Violence
Recommendation Statement
(PDF File, 170 KB)
Review of the Evidence: Screening Children (PDF File, 385 KB)
Review of the Evidence: Screening Women and Elderly Adults (PDF File, 160 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
Mental Health Conditions and Substance Abuse
Alcohol Misuse
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 200 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 418 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download)
What's New (PDF File, 243 KB)
Dementia
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 207 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 289 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
Depression
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 77 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 136 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
What's New (PDF File, 78 KB)
Suicide Risk
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 70 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 933 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download)
Metabolic, Nutritional, and Endocrine Conditions
Dental Caries in Preschool Children
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 188 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 311 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
What's New (PDF File, 200 KB)
Diabetes Mellitus, Adult type 2
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 96 KB)
Cost-effectiveness Analysis (PDF File, 800 KB)
Review of the Evidence (PDF File, 135 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
What's New (PDF File, 73 KB)
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 79 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 122 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
Obesity in Adults
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 160 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 215 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download)
What's New (PDF File, 200 KB)
Thyroid Disease
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 80 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 147 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download)
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Idiopathic Scoliosis in Adolescents
Recommendations and Rationale
Brief Evidence Update
Osteoporosis
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 84 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 163 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
What's New (PDF File, 76 KB)
Obstetric and Gynecologic Conditions
Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 64 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 116 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download)
What's New
Chlamydial Infection
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 68 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 137 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
What's New
Rh (D) Incompatibility
Recommendation Statement
Brief Evidence Update
Vision and Hearing Disorders
Newborn Hearing
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 72 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 132 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years
Recommendation Statement
Update of the Evidence
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
What's New (PDF File, 256 KB)
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Counseling
Breastfeeding
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 83 KB)
Evidence Review and Meta-Analysis (PDF File, 250 KB)
What's New (PDF File, 70 KB)
Healthy Diet
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 393 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 335 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download; PDF Files Download)
Low Back Pain
Recommendation Statement
Brief Evidence Update
Physical Activity
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 81 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 226 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download)
Skin Cancer
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 139 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 200 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (PDF Files Download)
Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 200 KB)
Vitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
Recommendations and Rationale
Cancer Prevention: Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 639 KB)
Cancer Prevention: Update of the Evidence
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Summary of the Evidence
What's New (PDF File, 74 KB)
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Preventive Medication
Cancer
Breast Cancer
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 89 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 224 KB)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download)
What's New (PDF File, 75 KB)
Heart and Vascular Diseases
Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 72 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 114 KB)
What's New (PDF File, 27 KB)
Consumer Fact Sheet
Obstetric and Gynecologic Conditions
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 87 KB)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 138 KB)
Systematic Evidence Reviews:
HRT and Breast Cancer (File Download; PDF Files Download)
HRT and Cardiovascular Disease (File Download; PDF Files Download)
HRT and Cognition (File Download; PDF Files Download)
HRT and Osteoporosis (File Download; PDF Files Download)
HRT and Venous Thromboembolism (File Download; PDF Files Download)
What's New (PDF File, 73 KB)
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