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

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-154-7-201104050-00006

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

Ann Intern Med. 2011 Apr 5;154(7):483-6. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-7-201104050-00006.

Author

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Collaborators

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force:
Ned Calonge, Kristin Bibbins-Domingo, Adelita Gonzales Cantu, Susan Curry, Allen J Dietrich, Glenn Flores, David Grossman, George Isham, Michael L LeFevre, Rosanne M Leipzig, Joy A Melnikow, Bernadette Melnyk, Wanda Nicholson, Carolina Reyes, J Sanford Sandy Schwartz, Timothy Wilt, Virginia A Moyer, Albert L Siu

PMID: 21464350
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-7-201104050-00006

Abstract

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

Methods: The USPSTF performed a targeted literature search for benefits and harms of screening for testicular cancer in asymptomatic males and found no new studies.

Recommendation: The USPSTF does not recommend screening for testicular cancer in asymptomatic adolescent or adult males. (Grade D recommendation).

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Humans
Incidence
Male
Mass Screening*
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / epidemiology*
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / therapy
Testicular Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Testicular Neoplasms / therapy