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Re:Trial of a blood test that detects eight common forms of ... by wazoox on Friday January 19, 2018 @10:32AM (#16186932)
That's a lot of false positives. If 4% of people actually have one of these cancers at any point in time (a number that seems quite high) that means that 20% of positive results would be false in the general population.
Re:Trial of a blood test that detects eight common forms of ... by olegkikin on Friday January 19, 2018 @04:27PM (#16190028)
It's still extremely useful, even with those false positive rates. You will scare a few people, but they will just retest and maybe will improve their lifestyle.
Re:Trial of a blood test that detects eight common forms of ... by jopsen on Friday January 19, 2018 @01:28PM (#16188487)
Yeah, stats are hard :)