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False Positives

False Positives is a diagnostic outcome in cancer screening that belongs to the category of test inaccuracies, distinguished by the incorrect identification of disease presence in an individual who does not actually have cancer.

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False-Positive Psychology

Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn · Psychological Science · 2011 · 6.7K citations

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The advantages of the Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC) over F1 score and accuracy in binary classification evaluation

Davide Chicco, Giuseppe Jurman · BMC Genomics · 2020 · 5.8K citations · Full text

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Avoiding false positives with PCR

Shirley Kwok, Russell Higuchi · Nature · 1989 · 3.5K citations

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Screening for Prostate Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Virginia A. Moyer · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2012 · 2.5K citations

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The positive false discovery rate: a Bayesian interpretation and the q-value

John D. Storey · The Annals of Statistics · 2003 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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  1. DL
    Diana L. Miglioretti

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    15 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. XC
    Xavier Castells

    Hospital Del Mar, Spain

    14 publications · 484 citations

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  3. KK
    Karla Kerlikowske

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    14 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. RA
    Rebecca A. Hubbard

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    12 publications · 874 citations

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    María Sala

    Hospital Del Mar, Spain

    11 publications · 370 citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    27 h-index

    81 publications

    7.7K citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    25 h-index

    74 publications

    12.8K citations

  3. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    20 h-index

    78 publications

    8.7K citations

  4. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    18 h-index

    71 publications

    3K citations

  5. Erasmus MC

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    18 h-index

    58 publications

    2.8K citations

  6. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    17 h-index

    47 publications

    5K citations

  7. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    17 h-index

    43 publications

    18.3K citations

  8. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    17 h-index

    107 publications

    4.1K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 128 publications · 4.1K citations

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  2. Radiology

    36 publications · 4.6K citations

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  3. Journal of Medical Screening

    27 publications · 931 citations

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  4. Cancer

    24 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    JCM · 21 publications · 1.2K citations

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