Re:Cheap blood test detects pancreatic cancer before it spreads
by mlyle on Thursday February 13, 2025 @05:40PM
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No, I'm assuming there's a tradeoff between sensitivity (spotting cancers) and specificity (having your positive results actually be cancer).
ANOVA to pick variables and then reasonably selecting thresholds is a fine process that avoids overfit.
The big problem is, biology is messy and measuring lots of people to find correct thresholds is really expensive and time consuming. It's not really a technological problem, though technology has helped a little.
ANOVA to pick variables and then reasonably selecting thresholds is a fine process that avoids overfit.
The big problem is, biology is messy and measuring lots of people to find correct thresholds is really expensive and time consuming. It's not really a technological problem, though technology has helped a little.