The validity of a screening test is the capability to discriminate between those with and without disease, and can be measured by sensitivity and specificity (Hakama, 1991). Ideally, a screening test ...

MADISON, Wis., Oct. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced late-breaking data from the pivotal ...

Results of this level 2 study showed the lever test resulted in high sensitivity, specificity and overall accuracy in the detection of ACL tears. Perspective from Theodore B. Shybut, MD "The lever ...

An automated molecular test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampin resistance identified 98.2% of patients with smear-positive tuberculosis and 72.5% of patients with smear-negative tuberculosis.

The Theraflu Home FluTest, a novel rapid influenza diagnostic test, demonstrated good sensitivity and specificity for both influenza A and B viruses. This article is part of Pulmonology Advisor’s ...

A 90-minute COVID-19 test has been shown to have over 94 per cent sensitivity, and 100 per cent specificity in a new study. The work, published in the journal The Lancet Microbe, was ledby scientists ...

Conclusions The K-D has fair test-retest reliability. The combination of sensitivity and specificity with any increase in time is better than other currently used objective measures of concussion.

ATS 2016, SAN FRANCISCO - A new skin test for tuberculosis infection has proven safe, easy to administer and accurate in two Phase III clinical trials, according to research presented at the ATS 2016 ...

Saliva-based serology assays that measure antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) antigens are important coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) markers. Serology ...

Dozens of blood tests are rapidly coming on the market to identify people who have been exposed to the coronavirus by checking for antibodies against it. The Food and Drug Administration doesn't set ...