Refining the assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests, with applications to prostate cancer screening and non-small cell lung cancer staging
Modos de refinar los cálculos de sensibilidad y especificidad de las pruebas diagnósticas, aplicados al tamizaje del cáncer de próstata y a la estadificación del cáncer de pulmón no microcítico
Authors: Berger, Vance W.1; Semanick, Lisa2
Source: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health, Volume 18, Number 1, July 2005 , pp. 64-70(7)
Publisher: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Keywords: NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS
Document Type: Miscellaneous
Affiliations: 1: United States of America, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention, Biometry Research Group, Bethesda, Maryland, United States, and University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Send corres 2: The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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