Exact Sciences Explains: Sensitivity and Specificity
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Sensitivity and specificity are two important measures in cancer testing. They describe how well a screening test can correctly identify people who have cancer — and those who do not. Best case? A screening test would have high rates of both. But because of how the measures work in relation to each other, it’s not that simple.
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