Abstract CN03-04: The effect of the new screening guidelines on uptake of screening tests

Abstract

Abstract National organizations funded through public and private dollars have been setting cancer screening guidelines for more than a generation. While guidelines are a lightning rod for practitioners and people at risk for cancer, their actual effect on behavior is unclear. In this presentation I will review what we can expect regarding the association between guidelines and behavior based on conceptual models. I will also review what we know from published work about the association between guideline changes and screening for breast, colon, cervical, and prostate cancer. Finally I will summarize changes in the USPSTF in the last 10 years and examine their association with changes in screening rates for breast, colorectal, cervical, and prostate cancer. To do the latter I will compare rates of screening as reported in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) using survey data from the following years 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011 and comparing screeing rates before and after significant USPSTF guideline changes in 2002 (breast), 2003 (cervix), and 2009 (breast, colorectal cancer). Lively discussion, insight, but no lightning will be sought. Citation Format: Stephen H. Taplin. The effect of the new screening guidelines on uptake of screening tests. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research; 2012 Oct 16-19; Anaheim, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Prev Res 2012;5(11 Suppl):Abstract nr CN03-04.