Screening for bladder cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement

Ann Intern Med. 2011 Aug 16;155(4):246-51. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-4-201108160-00008.

Abstract

Description: Update of the 2004 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation statement on screening for bladder cancer.

Methods: The USPSTF performed a targeted literature search for new evidence on the benefits and harms of screening, the accuracy of primary care-feasible screening tests, and the benefits and harms of treatment.

Recommendation: The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for bladder cancer in asymptomatic adults (I statement).

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anxiety / etiology
  • Biomedical Research
  • Cost of Illness
  • Early Detection of Cancer / adverse effects
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Mass Screening* / adverse effects
  • Risk Assessment
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / therapy