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> So the odds of it being a false positive once again are about 50%. It's even worse in practice, given that the false positive rate is probably not independen
by giovannibonetti 5y ago
> So the odds of it being a false positive once again are about 50%.
It's even worse in practice, given that the false positive rate is probably not independent between both measurements
- dontreact 5y agoYeah this is why in practice the followup to a mammogram is never going to be another mammogram. It's a different test which is more invasive but also produces far less false positives: taking a tissue sample.