Estimation of sensitivity and specificity for diagnostic or screening tests usually requires independent confirmation of subjects as diseased or nondiseased using a gold standard. In practice, however ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing on self-collected samples may increase coverage of cervical cancer screening, but previous studies have observed lower specificity of HPV testing in self- versus ...

Portable tuberculosis test achieves 100% sensitivity and specificity in clinical samples by Justin Jackson, Phys.org edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

Next-generation Cologuard exhibited improved colorectal cancer specificity and sensitivity compared with results of the FDA registrational trial that led to approval of the noninvasive screening ...

Intradermal testing for suspected macrolide allergy in children may have high specificity but limited sensitivity, a new ...

A study led by Osaka University recently found that the sensitivity of rapid antigen tests (RATs) for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 when compared with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests was 0.63 ...

Conclusions The next-generation multitarget stool DNA test showed higher sensitivity for colorectal cancer and advanced precancerous lesions than FIT but also showed lower specificity.

The artificial intelligence method was used to optimize an early cancer detection test to ensure high sensitivity and specificity.

Culture-based methods are very sensitive but slow. Sputum smear microscopy is rapid (~1-hour turnaround) but has limited sensitivity and specificity and relies on additional user expertise.