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false positive

test result implying a condition exists when in fact it does not.

Mammogram reports – BI-RADS

... False negatives occur more often among younger ... of attitudes towards false
positives have shown that women accept false positive findings as part ...

http://www.cancer.org/treatment/understandingyourdiagnosis/examsandtestdescriptions/mammogramsandotherbreastimagingprocedures/mammograms-and-other-breast-imaging-procedures-mammo-report

Mammogram reports – BI-RADS

... False negatives occur more often among younger ... of attitudes towards false
positives have shown that women accept false positive findings as part ...

http://www.cancer.org/healthy/findcancerearly/examandtestdescriptions/mammogramsandotherbreastimagingprocedures/mammograms-and-other-breast-imaging-procedures-mammo-report

Prostate Cancer Early Detection: Update 2010

... Page 35. False Positive Results Age (in years) # With ... extent is unclear ▪ False
negatives and false positives are common. ▪ Overdiagnosis and ...

http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/documents/document/acspc-026003.pdf

Is a Pap test necessary every year?

... False positives are very common with cervical cancer ... and confirmed the estimate
for false negative Pap ... for women who have a positive test result ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/news/expertvoices/post/2012/03/14/is-a-pap-test-necessary-every-year.aspx

South Dakota Council on Colorectal Cancer Meeting April 27 ...

... Comments have been very positive about Dr Bachwich and his knowledge
as well as content. ... Need to address the false positives that are ...

http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@midwest/documents/document/acspc-029890.pdf

Cancer Glossary

... because of the large number of false positives and false negatives. See also
digestive system, false negative, false positive, screening, tumor ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=c

Can colorectal polyps and cancer be found early?

... Some false positive test results. Cannot remove polyps during testing. ... Some
false positive test results. Cannot remove polyps during testing. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/colonandrectumcancer/detailedguide/colorectal-cancer-detection

Can colorectal polyps and cancer be found early?

... Some false positive test results. Cannot remove polyps during testing. ... Some
false positive test results. Cannot remove polyps during testing. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/colonandrectumcancer/detailedguide/colorectal-cancer-detection?sitearea=

American Cancer Society Guideline for the Early Detection of ...

... false positive tests) x 100, estimated from: (#tested - #positive) / (#tested -
#cancer) x 100, assuming that negative tests are true negatives. ...

http://pressroom.cancer.org/download/2010+prostate+cancer+early+detection+guidelines.pdf