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Refining the assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests, with applications to prostate cancer screening and non-small cell lung cancer staging

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: The standard definition of sensitivity is the number of true-positive tests divided by the total number of cancers, that is, P{positive finding | cancer}. Key words: neoplasms, diagnostic techniques and

Source: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública

DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892005000600013

Authors: Vance W. Berger, Lisa Semanick

Institutions: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Johns Hopkins University

Language: English

Topic: Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

Subfield: Statistics and Probability

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1965472027

FWCI: 0.312

Cites: 13

Cited by: 3

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