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What do false positives and negatives have to do with screening tests for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports

What do false positives and negatives have to do with screening tests for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports3. Juli1 Min.

A blood test used for population based cancer screening fell short of allowing cancers to be detected earlier, was cost prohibitive and delayed diagnoses for others, a new study shows. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says both … What do false positives and negatives have to do with screening tests for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →