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Who Benefits From The 2016 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’S Screening Mammography Recommendations? An Empirical And Philosophical Evaluation Of Screening Mammography Guidelines Focused On Reducing False Positive Incidence, Avanti N. Nitin
Haslam Scholars Projects
Detecting breast cancer in its earliest stages significantly increases the likelihood of being completely cured of the disease. Early detection via cancer mammogram screening is central to breast cancer diagnosis. There is significant controversy, however, surrounding the 2016 mammogram screening recommendation issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Why? The revised recommendation cuts the frequency of screening in half and advises women to begin routine screenings 10 years later than what previous guidelines recommended. The justification for this change was that the benefits of screening mammography increase with age, while the harms—especially the risk of a false positive …
Who Benefits From The 2016 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’S Screening Mammography Recommendations? An Empirical And Philosophical Evaluation Of Screening Mammography Guidelines Focused On Reducing False Positive Incidence, Avanti N. Nitin
Baker Scholar Projects
Detecting breast cancer in its earliest stages significantly increases the likelihood of being completely cured of the disease. Early detection via cancer mammogram screening is central to breast cancer diagnosis. There is significant controversy, however, surrounding the 2016 mammogram screening recommendation issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Why? The revised recommendation cuts the frequency of screening in half and advises women to begin routine screenings 10 years later than what previous guidelines recommended. The justification for this change was that the benefits of screening mammography increase with age, while the harms—especially the risk of a false positive …
Benchmarking The Educational Progress Of African American And Latino Students In Arkansas, Mervin Jebaraj
Benchmarking The Educational Progress Of African American And Latino Students In Arkansas, Mervin Jebaraj
Urban League of the State of Arkansas
The Urban League of Arkansas partnered with the Center for Business and Economic Research in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas to produce a report providing data to identify twelve key areas of need in the African American and Latino communities in Arkansas and to assist in the development of programs and policies to address them. The twelve indicators are enrollment, expenditure per student, fourth grade literacy and math achievement levels, eighth grade literacy and math achievement levels, disciplinary actions, dropout rates, graduation rates, college going rates, educational attainment for the population over the …