Breast Cancer Screening Program – A group of women were subjected to a breast cancer screening program. A newly developed screening test was utilized to measure its sensitivity and specificity against a gold standard test.   a) What is the prevalence of breast cancer in this population? b) Calculate the Sensitivity of the test and provide interpretation c) Calculate the Specificity of the test and provide interpretation

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Breast Cancer Screening Program – A group of women were subjected to a breast cancer screening program. A newly developed screening test was utilized to measure its sensitivity and specificity against a gold standard test.

 

a) What is the prevalence of breast cancer in this population?

b) Calculate the Sensitivity of the test and provide interpretation

c) Calculate the Specificity of the test and provide interpretation

 

 

Actual Diagnosis
NO
BREAST
BREAST CANCER
CANCER
ТОTAL
TEST
Positive
60 (TP)
46 (FP)
106
Negative
12 (FN)
129 (TN)
141
Total
72
175
247
Transcribed Image Text:Actual Diagnosis NO BREAST BREAST CANCER CANCER ТОTAL TEST Positive 60 (TP) 46 (FP) 106 Negative 12 (FN) 129 (TN) 141 Total 72 175 247
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