Nature

Evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of Kato-Katz and circulating cathodic antigen in terms of Schistosoma japonicum using latent class analysis

This study was approved by the institutional review boards of Rhode Island Hospital (Providence, RI, USA) and the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, Manilla, The Philippines. All participants ...
Nature

Single center evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of CellDetect assay in early bladder cancer patients

Until recently, the main diagnostic methods for bladder cancer (BC) are still voided urine cytology and cystoscopy, and many drawbacks persist. In this retrospective study, we evaluated the ...
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Sensitivity and specificity of 61 commercial disease detection products: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 80 cohorts with approximately 445,000 enrolled samples.

Effects of common nutraceutical supplements marketed for cancer prevention on tumor cell growth.
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Improving the Sensitivity-Specificity Balance of Human Papillomavirus Testing on Self- and Clinician-Collected Samples in South Africa

Women living with and without HIV, age 30-65 years, were recruited in South Africa. Self-collected vaginal samples and clinician-collected cervical samples were tested with Xpert HPV, an assay that ...
The Scientist

Insights into qPCR: Protocol, Detection Methods, and Analysis

Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is a molecular technique that has reshaped the landscape of biological research and medicine due to its high sensitivity and specificity. qPCR, also known ...
Cancer Therapy Advisor

Study Offers Real-World Validation of AI-Enabled Patient-Trial Matching System

Investigators evaluated an AI-based trial-matching system that harnesses real-world data from patients with cancer to determine criterion- and patient-level trial eligibility.