Assessing the usefulness of three adjunctive diagnostic devices for oral cancer screening: A probabilistic approach

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-176

  Balevi, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; clinical decision making; diagnostic test; oral cancer

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 79952469184     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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