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Colorectal cancer screening: Clinical guidelines and rationale by Winawer, SJ, Fletcher, RH, Miller, L, Godlee, F, Stolar, MH, Mulrow, CD, Woolf, SH, Glick, SN, Ganiats, TG, Bond, JH, Rosen, L, Zapka, JG, Olsen, SJ, Giardiello, FM, Sisk, JE, Van Antwerp, R, Brown-Davis, C, Marciniak, DA, Mayer, RJ

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When should clinical guidelines be updated? by Shekelle, Paul, Eccles, Martin P, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Woolf, Steven H

“…Within any individual guideline there will be some recommendations that are invalid while others remain current. A guideline on congestive heart failure, for…”
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The Best Screening Test for Colorectal Cancer — A Personal Choice by Woolf, Steven H

“…It is well established that screening for colorectal cancer with the fecal occult-blood test significantly lowers the rate of death from the disease. 1 The…”
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura : A practice guideline developed by explicit methods for the American Society of Hematology by GEORGE, J. N, WOOLF, S. H, LICHTIN, A. E, MCMILLAN, R, OKERBLOOM, J. A, REGAN, D. H, WARRIER, I, RASKOB, G. E, WASSER, J. S, ALEDORT, L. M, BALLEM, P. J, BLANCHETTE, V. S, BUSSEL, J. B, CINES, D. B, KELTON, J. G

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Strength of recommendation taxonomy (SORT): a patient-centered approach to grading evidence in the medical literature by Ebell, Mark H, Siwek, Jay, Weiss, Barry D, Woolf, Steven H, Susman, Jeffrey, Ewigman, Bernard, Bowman, Marjorie

“…A large number of taxonomies are used to rate the quality of an individual study and the strength of a recommendation based on a body of evidence. We have…”
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The Need for Perspective in Evidence-Based Medicine by Woolf, Steven H

“…Research advances are generating a growing body of clinical trial and other data on the effects of tests and treatments on outcomes, but there is no…”
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Pediatric Vesicoureteral Reflux Guidelines Panel summary report on the management of primary vesicoureteral reflux in children by Elder, J S, Peters, C A, Arant, Jr, B S, Ewalt, D H, Hawtrey, C E, Hurwitz, R S, Parrott, T S, Snyder, 3rd, H M, Weiss, R A, Woolf, S H, Hasselblad, V

“…The American Urological Association convened the Pediatric Vesicoureteral Reflux Guidelines Panel to analyze the literature regarding available methods for…”
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Clinical guidelines: Potential benefits, limitations, and harms of clinical guidelines by Woolf, S. H, Grol, R., Hutchinson, A., Eccles, M., Grimshaw, J.

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Shared decision-making: the case for letting patients decide which choice is best by Woolf, S H

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The Price of False Beliefs: Unrealistic Expectations as a Contributor to the Health Care Crisis by Woolf, Steven H., MD, MPH

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The accuracy and effectiveness of routine population screening with mammography, prostate-specific antigen, and prenatal ultrasound: a review of published scientific evidence by Woolf, S H

“…To review published data regarding the accuracy and effectiveness of three screening tests: mammography, prostate-specific antigen (PSA), and prenatal…”
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Changing physician practice behavior: the merits of a diagnostic approach by Woolf, S H

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Current methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: A review of the process by Harris, Russell P., Helfand, Mark, Woolf, Steven H., Lohr, Kathleen N., Mulrow, Cynthia D., Teutsch, Steven M., Atkins, David

“…The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF/Task Force) represents one of several efforts to take a more evidence-based approach to the development of…”
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The break-even point: when medical advances are less important than improving the fidelity with which they are delivered by Woolf, Steven H, Johnson, Robert E

“…Society invests billions of dollars in the development of new drugs and technologies but comparatively little in the fidelity of health care, that is,…”
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Antibiotics for children with upper respiratory tract infections by Woolf, S H

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Evidence-based medicine. Interpreting studies and setting policy by Woolf, S H, George, J N

“…The ascendancy of EBM has been accompanied by a greater awareness of its shortcomings. It is increasingly evident from the cost, length, and difficulty of…”
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Overuse of administrative data to measure underuse of care by Woolf, S H, Rothemich, S F

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Screening for Prostate Cancer with Prostate-Specific Antigen — An Examination of the Evidence by Woolf, Steven H

“…After lung cancer, prostate cancer is the leading cause of deaths from cancer among men in the United States. It will claim 40,000 lives in 1995. 1 Studies in…”
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Validity of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clinical Practice Guidelines: How Quickly Do Guidelines Become Outdated? by Shekelle, Paul G, Ortiz, Eduardo, Rhodes, Shannon, Morton, Sally C, Eccles, Martin P, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Woolf, Steven H

“…CONTEXT Practice guidelines need to be up-to-date to be useful to clinicians. No published methods are available for assessing whether existing practice…”
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Public health perspective: the health policy implications of screening for prostate cancer by Woolf, S H

“…The appropriateness of adopting a new screening policy depends on the burden of suffering from the disease, and on the effectiveness, potential harms and costs…”
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