USPSTF under threat of elimination, former members warn

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Paul Engstrom, Fox Chase pioneer of cancer prevention, dies at 89

Paul F. Engstrom, a well-respected, longtime member of our Fox Chase Cancer Center community, died Dec. 26. He was 89.

HHS (again) postpones USPSTF meeting

The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force has postponed its November meeting due to the federal government shutdown.

November 07, 2025

Vol.51 No.41

By Claire Marie Porter

Guest Editorial

USPSTF doesn’t lean right or left—it’s about data, not politics

Multiple components of the healthcare and public health systems are currently under scrutiny. One of them is reportedly the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF: “Task Force”), established in 1984 and managed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. It was created to maintain an ongoing evaluation of disease prevention and screening interventions that...

In The Headlines: Is early detection always good? Inside NCI’s MCD feasibility trial.

Do multi-cancer detection tests provide a net benefit? NCI aims to answer this question, beginning with the Vanguard feasibility trial which recently started accruing patients.

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Vol.51 No.29

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

HHS seems poised to exert control over USPSTF
Ransohoff: The task force is the pinnacle of evidence-based medicine

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week cancelled a scheduled meeting of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a 16-member panel that writes guidelines for screening and prevention based on the principles of evidence-based medicine.

Mail-in self-collection HPV tests boost cervical cancer screening rates

Mail-in self-collection tests for human papillomavirus more than doubled cervical cancer screening participation among never- and under-screened U.S. women, according to a first-of-its-kind study from researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

June 13, 2025

Vol.51 No.23

USPSTF under threat of elimination, former members warn

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Paul Engstrom, Fox Chase pioneer of cancer prevention, dies at 89

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In The Headlines: Is early detection always good? Inside NCI’s MCD feasibility trial.

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