Re:Trial of a blood test that detects eight common forms of ...
by carlmr on Friday January 19, 2018 @07:35AM
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True. That is really difficult to obtain though. But assuming that most people are eventually diagnosed with cancer (even if just close to death), then a similar maybe a little lower population must have undiagnosed cancers.
In the end you'll need a properly conducted study with random undiagnosed people to get reliable numbers though.
Re:Trial of a blood test that detects eight common forms of ...
by nonbel on Friday January 19, 2018 @08:19AM
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It seems like pretty basic info to me. There should be some estimate out there somewhere, especially given the billions of dollars spent each year on studying cancer. A quick search didn't lead to anything promising though.
You are using % of population diagnosed with cancer. The correct value would be the % of population with undiagnosed cancer.