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CMAJ - October 20, 1998JAMC - le 20 october 1998

Prostate cancer: 4. Screening

Table 3: Validity measures of screening tests for prostate and breast cancer
  Prostate cancer Breast cancer
Sensitivity, % 87.2 90.4
Specificity, % 83.3 83.5
Positive test results, % 18.9 17.1
Prevalence of cancer, %  3.1  0.8
Predictive value of a positive test result, % 14.4  4.2

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