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What do false positives and negatives have to do with screening tests for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports

from Health Newsfeed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts · host Elizabeth Tracey

A blood test used for population based cancer screening fell short of allowing cancers to be detected earlier, was cost prohibitive and delayed diagnoses for others, a new study shows. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says both … What do false positives and negatives have to do with screening tests for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

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