Nasdaq

Next-Generation Cologuard® Test Demonstrates High Sensitivity and Specificity in Pivotal BLUE-C Study, Significantly Outperforming Fecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) for ...

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 ...
Popular Science

Which at-home COVID-19 test should you buy?

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BMJ

2.19 The test-retest reliability, sensitivity and specificity of the King-Devick test for sideline testing

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.
Nature

HPValidate—human papillomavirus testing with DNA and mRNA assays on self-collected samples in cervical screening: comparison of test characteristics on three self-sampling ...

Relative test accuracy of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing on self vs. clinician-collected samples may depend on the specific combination of a self-sampling device and HPV assay. The estimated ...
Medical Xpress

High sensitivity, specificity for chlamydia point-of-care test

(HealthDay)—A point-of-care (POC) polymerase chain reaction test (Atlas io) has high sensitivity and specificity for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), according to a study published in the November issue of ...
Nasdaq

Next-generation Cologuard Test Demonstrates 94 Percent Sensitivity for Colorectal Cancer at 91 Percent Specificity, Raising the Bar in Non-invasive Screening

Note: specificity including non-advanced findings includes colonoscopy results that were negative for cancer or advanced precancer upon histopathological review; specificity including no findings ...
Nature

Sensitivity and specificity of the ‘knee-up test’ for estimation of the American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale in patients with acute motor incomplete cervical ...

Precise classification of the neurological state of patients with acute cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) can be challenging. This study proposed a useful and simple clinical method to help classify ...
The Conversation

‘What do you mean, it was a false positive?’ Making sense of COVID‑19 tests and terminology

During the COVID-19 pandemic, words and phrases that have typically been limited to epidemiologists and public health professionals have entered the public sphere. Although we’ve rapidly accepted ...