The diagnostic accuracy of urine-based tests for bladder cancer varies greatly by patient

BACKGROUND: Spectrum effects refer to the phenomenon that test performance varies across subgroups of a population. When spectrum effects occur during diagnostic testing for cancer, difficult patient misdiagnoses can occur. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of test indication, age, gender, ra...

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Autores principales: Gopalakrishna, Ajay, Longo, Thomas A., Fantony, Joseph J., Owusu, Richmond, Foo, Wen-Chi, Dash, Rajesh, Inman, Brant A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4906712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27296150
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12894-016-0147-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4906712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27296150
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12894-016-0147-5

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