|  |        This **Archive of            Older Conference Statements** is provided solely for historical            purposes. Due to the cumulative nature of medical research, new            knowledge has inevitably accumulated in these subject areas in the            time since these statements were prepared. Thus some of the material            is likely to be out of date, and at worst simply wrong. The            statements may, however, continue to be useful to the research            community as a reference for understanding what was known about a            topic at a particular point in time, including whether gaps in            research identified at the time of each conference have since been            filled. It is for this purpose that the conference statements will            remain available in this format indefinitely. For reliable, current            information on these and other health topics, we recommend            consulting the National Institutes of Health's MedlinePlus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/. [endif]>**Year****Historical      Consensus Development Program Statements****Webcast      (Days) 1****News      Release 2****Program      Book 3****AHRQ      Review 4****2002****Endoscopic      Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for Diagnosis and Therapy**1,      2, or 3News      ReleaseP&A      BookAHRQ      Review**Management      of the Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass ("Incidentaloma")**1,      2, or 3News      ReleaseP&A      BookAHRQ      Review**Management      of Hepatitis C: 2002**1,      2, or 3News      ReleaseP&A      BookAHRQ      Review**Symptom      Management in Cancer: Pain, Depression,      and Fatigue**1,      2, or 3News      ReleaseP&A      BookAHRQ      Review**2001****Diagnosis      and Management of Dental Caries      Throughout Life** (Univ of Michigan      Search: in addition to AHRQ review)(pdf      version)1,      2, or 3News      ReleaseP&A      BookAHRQ      Review**2000****Improving      Medical Implant Performance Through      Retrieval Information: Challenges and Opportunities**** **
-
News      Release
-
-**Osteoporosis      Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy**(pdf      version)1,      2, or 3News      ReleaseP&A      Book-**Antenatal      Corticosteroids Revisited: Repeat Courses**(pdf      version)1,      2, or 3News      ReleaseP&A      Book-**Phenylketonuria      (PKU): Screening and Management**(pdf      version)1or 2News      ReleaseP&A      Book-**Adjuvant      Therapy for Breast Cancer**(pdf      version)1,      2, 3,      3aNews      ReleaseP&A      Book-**1999****No      Conferences were Held in 1999**
----**1998****Rehabilitation      of Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury**(pdf      version)-News      ReleaseP&A      Book-**Diagnosis      and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder**(pdf      version)-News      ReleaseP&A      Book-**1997****Breast      Cancer Screening for Women Ages 40-49**(pdf      version)--P&A      Book-**Interventions      to Prevent HIV Risk Behaviors**(pdf      version)-News      ReleaseP&A      Book-**Management      of Hepatitis C  **(pdf      version)** *(en      espanol)***--P&A      Book-**Genetic      Testing for Cystic Fibrosis**(pdf      version)-News      ReleaseP&A      Book-**Acupuncture**(pdf      version)-News      ReleaseP&A      Book-**Effective      Medical Treatment of Opiate Addiction**(pdf      version)-News      ReleaseP&A      Book-**1996****Cervical      Cancer**(pdf      version)----**Management      of Temporomandibular Disorders******(pdf      version)----**1995****Infectious      Disease Testing for Blood Transfusions**(pdf      version)----**Gaucher      Disease: Current Issues in Diagnosis and Treatment******(pdf      version)----**Cochlear      Implants in Adults and Children**(pdf      version)----**Integration      of Behavioral and Relaxation Approaches Into the Treatment of Chronic Pain      and Insomnia**(pdf      version)----**Physical      Activity and Cardiovascular Health**(pdf      version)----**1994****Helicobacter      Pylori in Peptic Ulcer Disease**(pdf      version)----**Effect      of Antenatal Steroids for Fetal Maturation on Perinatal Outcomes**(pdf      version)----**Ovarian      Cancer: Screening, Treatment, and Followup**(pdf      version)----**The      Persian Gulf Experience and Health**(pdf      version)----**Optimal      Calcium Intake**(pdf      version)----**Total      Hip Replacement**(pdf      version)----**Bioelectrical      Impedance Analysis in Body Composition Measurement**(pdf      version)----**1993****Early      Identification of Hearing Impairment in Infants and Young Children**(pdf      version)----**Mortality      and Morbidity of Dialysis**(pdf      version)----**Ultrasound      Screening: Implications of the Radius Study **----**An      Evidence-Based Health Care System: The Case for Clinical Trials Registries **----**1992****Diagnosis      and Treatment of Early Melanoma**(pdf      version)----**Triglyceride,      High Density Lipoprotein, and Coronary Heart Disease**(pdf      version)----**Methods      for Voluntary Weight Loss and Control**** **----**The      Head and Heart of Chaos: Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems**** **----**Gallstones      and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy**(pdf      version)----**Impotence**(pdf      version)----**1991****Clinical      Trials Results: Exploring the Dissemination Process**** **----**Gastrointestinal      Surgery for Severe Obesity**(pdf      version)----**Effects      and Side Effects of Dental Restorative Materials **----**Treatment      of Panic Disorder**(pdf      version)----**Diagnosis      and Treatment of Depression in Late Life **----**Acoustic      Neuroma **----**1990****Noise      and Hearing Loss**** **----**Surgery      for Epilepsy**----**Treatment      of Sleep Disorders of Older People**----**Adjuvant      Therapy for Patients With Colon and Rectum Cancer**----**Intravenous      Immunoglobulin: Prevention and Treatment of Disease**----**Health      Care Delivery Research Using Hospital Firms**----**Report      on the Workshop on Diffusion of ECMO Technology**----**Treatment      of Early Stage Breast Cancer**----**Diagnosis      and Management of Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism**----**Clinical      Use of Botulinum Toxin**----**Bovine      Somatotropin**----**1989****Therapeutic      Endoscopy and Bleeding Ulcers**----**Oral      Complications of Cancer Therapies: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment**----**Modeling      in Biomedical Research: An Assessment of Current and Potential Approaches:      Applications to Studies in Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Function and Diabetes**----**Sunlight,      Ultraviolet Radiation, and the Skin**----**Treatment      of Destructive Behaviors in Persons With Developmental Disabilities**----**1988****Prevention      and Treatment of Kidney Stones**----**Cochlear      Implants**----**Dental      Implants**----**Perioperative      Red Cell Transfusion**----**Urinary      Incontinence**----**1987****Newborn      Screening for Sickle Cell Disease and Other Hemoglobinopathies**----**Management      of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer**----**Differential      Diagnosis of Dementing Diseases**----**Neurofibromatosis**----**The      Health Benefits of Pets**----**Geriatric      Assessment Methods for Clinical Decisionmaking**----**Magnetic      Resonance Imaging**----**1986****Health      Implications of Smokeless Tobacco Use**----**Prevention      of Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism**----**Integrated      Approach to the Management of Pain**----**The      Utility of Therapeutic Plasmapheresis for Neurological Disorders**----**Impact      of Routine HTLV-III Antibody Testing of Blood and Plasma Donors on the      Health of the Public**----**Infantile      Apnea and Home Monitoring**----**Platelet      Transfusion Therapy**----**Diet      and Exercise in Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus**----**1985****Travelers'      Diarrhea**----**Health      Implications of Obesity**----**Anesthesia      and Sedation in the Dental Office**----**Donor      Registries for Bone Marrow Transplantation**----**Electroconvulsive      Therapy**----**Adjuvant      Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer**----**1984****Diagnostic      Ultrasound Imaging in Pregnancy**----**Analgesic-Associated      Kidney Disease**----**Osteoporosis**----**Mood      Disorders: Pharmacologic Prevention of Recurrence**----**Fresh      Frozen Plasma: Indications and Risks**----**Limb-sparing      Treatment of Adult Soft-tissue Sarcomas and Osteosarcomas**----**Lowering      Blood Cholesterol to Prevent Heart Disease**----**1983****Critical      Care Medicine**----**Liver      Transplantation**----**Evaluating      the Elderly Patient: The Case for Assessment Technology**----**Treatment      of Hypertriglyceridemia**----**Precursors      to Malignant Melanoma**----**Drugs      and Insomnia: The Use of Medications to Promote Sleep**----**Dental      Sealants in the Prevention of Tooth Decay**----**1982****Defined      Diets and Childhood Hyperactivity**----**Total      Hip Joint Replacement**----**Clinical      Applications of Biomaterials**----**1981****The      Diagnosis and Treatment of Reye's Syndrome**----**Computed      Tomographic Scanning of the Brain**----**1980****Thrombolytic      Therapy in Thrombosis**----**Febrile      Seizures**----**Adjuvant      Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer**----**Cervical      Cancer Screening: The Pap Smear**----**Endoscopy      in Upper GI Bleeding**----**Cesarean      Childbirth**----**CEA      as a Cancer Marker**----**Coronary      Artery Bypass Surgery: Scientific and Clinical Aspects**----**1979****Pain,      Discomfort, and Humanitarian Care**----**Antenatal      Diagnosis**----**Transfusion      Therapy in Pregnant Sickle Cell Disease Patients**----**Improving      Clinical and Consumer Use of Blood Pressure Measuring Devices**----**Treatment      of Primary Breast Cancer: Management of Local Disease**----**Steroid      Receptors in Breast Cancer**----**Intraocular      Lens Implantation**----**Estrogen      Use and Postmenopausal Women**----**Amantadine:      Does It Have a Role in the Prevention and Treatment of Influenza**----**The      Use of Microprocessor-Based "Intelligent" Machines in Patient      Care**----**Removal      of Third Molars**----**1978****Educational      Needs of Physicians and Public Regarding Asbestos Exposure**----**Dental      Implants: Benefit and Risk**----**Mass      Screening for Colorectal Cancer**----**Treatable      Brain Diseases in the Elderly**----**Indications      for Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy: Phase 1**----**Availability      of Insect Sting Kits to Non-Physicians**----**Mass      Screening for Lung Cancer**----**Supportive      Therapy in Burn Care**----**Surgical      Treamtent of Morbid Obesity**----**1977****Breast      Cancer Screening**----
**-****= Not available. Webcast      archives started in 2000.  Program and Abstract books and News      Releases were made available online starting in 1997. **
**1      = Conferences held in 2000 and later are webcast live and then archived      for use after the conference. To view the webcast you need to download the      free "Realplayer"       browser plugin application. To view an upcoming conference, go to our home      page (http://consensus.nih.gov) on      the day of the conference and there will be a link to the webcast.      Alternately go to http://videocast.nih.gov      on conference day and they will have a link as well.**
**2      = Starting in 1996,  press conferences were held on the third day of      the conference and an NIH press release is made available online.**
**3      = A printed Program and Abstract book is prepared for each conference      beginning in 2000, this document  includes the agenda, panel roster,      speaker roster, and speaker abstracts. **
**4 =      Beginning in 2001, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (http://www.ahrq.gov)      prepares a Systematic Literature Review of the topic for use by the panel.      This report is made available, along with the Panel's statement on the      third and final day of the conference. **
**Contact Consensus Program****| Privacy Notice      | Disclaimer      | Accessibility      |****Contact NIH**       
 

 

  |
|--|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|