Estimating the cumulative risk of false positive cancer screenings

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-6

  Baker, Stuart G ^a   Erwin, Diane ^b   Kramer, Barnett S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR BIOPSY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; ADULT; BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 2942704161     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-3-11     Document Type: Article

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