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Apple to tune CSAM system to keep one-in-a-trillion false positive deactivation threshold Written by Chris Duckett, Contributor Aug. 15, 2021 at 10:46 p.m. PT Image: Apple ...
Standardization of Estrogen Receptor Measurement in Breast Cancer Suggests False-Negative Results Are a Function of Threshold Intensity Rather Than Percentage of Positive Cells. JCO 29 , 2978-2984 ...
They found that, by setting a risk threshold above which men are counted as 'screen positive', ... the false positive rate would have been 0.5% -- a reduction of three quarters.
Recent misclassification (false negative) incidents have raised awareness concerning limitations of immunohistochemistry (IHC) in assessment of estrogen receptor (ER) in breast cancer. Here we define ...