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Re:Trial of a blood test that detects eight common forms of ... by jlebrech on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:39AM (#16185301)
they can falsely diagnose the wrong type of cancer?
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Re:Trial of a blood test that detects eight common forms of ... by beberlei on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:45AM (#16185320)
This test is probably not being used for "what kind of cancer" but as a cheap and easy way for yearly/bi-yearly tests of the general population as part of prevention.
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Re:Trial of a blood test that detects eight common forms of ... by dx034 on Friday January 19, 2018 @07:54AM (#16185843)
With a 1% false positive rate that won't work I guess. False positive rate needs to be much smaller.
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Re:Trial of a blood test that detects eight common forms of ... by justinpombrio on Friday January 19, 2018 @03:02PM (#16189278)
I don't think they do. If someone tests positive, I imagine the next step would be to do more thorough (and expensive, and time-consuming) tests and find out for sure.
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