▲ 242 ▼ Urine test identifies more than 9 in 10 bladder cancers, clinical study finds (www.birmingham.ac.uk) submitted 2 months ago by Fossy@programming.dev to c/science@lemmy.world 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago (5 children) 10 out of 10 then? How many bladder cancers are there? permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago (1 child) I work in genetic research on rare variants of leukemia. Cancer types are identified by their genetic variants and the phenotypes of the cancer cells. Some people can have multiple types of the same cancer because of that. As for "9 in 10", it probably has a >90% detection rate permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago Interesting, the phrasing did seem to imply there would be a greater number than 20, but I appreciate the confirmation (and bonus knowledge) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago 11 permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago* 77. They detected 71, or 92.2% accuracy. For some reason, media are deathly afraid of using percentages, and always have to convert it to "1 in 6" or whatever. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 1 point 2 months ago 9.6 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago (1 child) I work in genetic research on rare variants of leukemia. Cancer types are identified by their genetic variants and the phenotypes of the cancer cells. Some people can have multiple types of the same cancer because of that. As for "9 in 10", it probably has a >90% detection rate permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago Interesting, the phrasing did seem to imply there would be a greater number than 20, but I appreciate the confirmation (and bonus knowledge) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago Interesting, the phrasing did seem to imply there would be a greater number than 20, but I appreciate the confirmation (and bonus knowledge) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago* 77. They detected 71, or 92.2% accuracy. For some reason, media are deathly afraid of using percentages, and always have to convert it to "1 in 6" or whatever. permalink fedilink source parent