$5 device tests for breast cancer in under 5 seconds: study

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glitchc wrote: post #3

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> Scientists say a new handheld device is capable of testing for breast cancer in less than five seconds using just a small sample of saliva Second sentence in the the linked post

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Post by DueDilligence » Fri, Feb 16, 2024, 3:13 PM UTC

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Post by andyjohnson0 » Fri, Feb 16, 2024, 3:14 PM UTC

https://pubs.aip.org/avs/jvb/article/42/2/023202/3262988/Hig...

Discusses sensitivity but not accuracy or rates of false positive/negative.

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Post by iwontberude » Fri, Feb 16, 2024, 3:15 PM UTC

Underlying research about salivary biomarker detection https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6566681/

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Post by soco » Fri, Feb 16, 2024, 3:15 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #2

False positive / false negative rates?

No larger scale tests yet, they only announced what is basically their current direction or research.

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Post by zacharyvoase » Fri, Feb 16, 2024, 3:20 PM UTC

> The study is published in the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B

Dare I ask why?