Predictive Value of Tests
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Biopsy site for detecting Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with gastric cancer.

30 Nov 2009 BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori eradication is recommended in post-gastric cancer resection, but premalignant changes may prevent the detection of H. pylori. The aim of this study was to determine appropriate biopsy site for detecting H. pylori in ... Read more...

Gene expression profiling: decoding breast cancer.

29 Nov 2009 Gene expression assays that are used in daily clinical practice for treating early breast cancer patients have been introduced in the clinic only recently. This review discusses the development of these arrays, summarizes the validation of those ... Read more...

Predictive power of pretreatment prognostic factors in children with hepatoblastoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.

29 Nov 2009 BACKGROUND: PRETEXT is used to stratify risk in children with hepatoblastoma by the Liver Tumor Strategy Group (SIOPEL) of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP). A recent analysis excluding patients that did not survive neoadjuvant ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Predictive Value of Tests'

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• Biopsy site for detecting Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with gastric cancer. 30 Nov 2009
• Gene expression profiling: decoding breast cancer. 29 Nov 2009
• Is there a role for histopathology in predicting the clinical outcome in congenital and infant Langerhans cell disease? 29 Nov 2009
• Predictive power of pretreatment prognostic factors in children with hepatoblastoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. 29 Nov 2009
• Radiation-induced sequelae measured by means of lymphocyte apoptosis: importance of certain single nucleotide polymorphisms: in regard to Schnarr et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009). 13 Nov 2009
• Identification of genes associated with progression and metastasis of advanced cervical cancers after radiotherapy by cDNA microarray analysis. 13 Nov 2009
• Predictors of awakening from postanoxic status epilepticus after therapeutic hypothermia. Nov 2009
• Mgmt methylation is a prognostic biomarker in elderly patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Nov 2009
• Somatosensory evoked potentials during mild hypothermia after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Nov 2009
• Prognostic value of myocardial infarct size and contractile reserve using magnetic resonance imaging. Nov 2009
• Long-term prognostic value of ST-segment resolution in patients treated with fibrinolysis or primary percutaneous coronary intervention results from the DANAMI-2 (DANish trial in acute myocardial infarction-2). Nov 2009
• Shunt-dependent hydrocephalus after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: incidence, predictors, and revision rates. Clinical article. 30 Oct 2009
• Accuracy of urine cytology and the significance of an atypical category. 30 Oct 2009
• USG B scan for retinal tears in PVD. 30 Oct 2009
• Regarding "Prediction of 30-day mortality after endovascular repair or open surgery in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms". 30 Oct 2009
• Invited commentary. 30 Oct 2009
• Endoleak after endovascular aneurysm repair: duplex ultrasound imaging is better than computed tomography at determining the need for intervention. 30 Oct 2009
• Tenascin-X is a novel diagnostic marker of malignant mesothelioma. 30 Oct 2009
• Metastasis detection in sentinel lymph nodes: comparison of a limited widely spaced (NSABP protocol B-32) and a comprehensive narrowly spaced paraffin block sectioning strategy. 30 Oct 2009
• Microtubule-associated protein-2 is a sensitive marker of primary and metastatic neuroblastoma. 30 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Predictive Value of Tests'

Definition: In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test.

Descriptor UI: D011237

Alternative terms: Predictive Value of Tests;

Related Mesh Headings: False Negative Reactions; False Positive Reactions;

Tree Number: E05.318.780.800.650; N05.715.360.780.700.640; N06.850.520.445.800.650;

History Note: 87

Technical Notes: IM GEN only; coord NIM with specific disease (IM); no qualif; specify geog if pertinent