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they can falsely diagnose the wrong type of cancer?

• beberlei 9y ago
  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.
  • dx034 9y ago
    With a 1% false positive rate that won't work I guess. False positive rate needs to be much smaller.
    • justinpombrio 9y ago
      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.