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Research on life sciences reported by scientists at University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Published in Cancer Weekly, June 10th, 2008

New investigation results, 'Assessing diagnostic confidence: a comparative review of analytical methods,' are detailed in a study published in Academic Radiology. According to recent research from the United States, "The ability of a test to influence diagnostic confidence is used as a measure of its efficacy. Our aim was to compare analytic methods that evaluate changes in confidence."

"The approaches compared were 'basic,' 'retained diagnoses,' 'Omary,' 'Tsushima,' and 'score-based' methods. For illustration, data from a clinical study assessing changes in diagnostic confidence (0%-100%) before and after abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) in patients with...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-06-10)

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