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Ah indeed, I was wrong. You will get approximately 6 false positives for every true positive. Unfortunately I can't edit my comment anymore.
by kermitje 6y ago
Ah indeed, I was wrong. You will get approximately 6 false positives for every true positive.
Unfortunately I can't edit my comment anymore.
- solinent 6y agoThe introduction of the test itself may change its effectiveness (reducing it). Cancer is an evolving condition that your immune system fights. Perhaps it's not very useful to characterize the test before it's applied since the test itself may change its efficacy. If you start exercising and dieting in response to the potential diagnosis it'll definitely help. If we had a test that detected everyone and they believed it, we'd improve cancer rates.