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False-negative CAC findings that equal zero cluster in certain groups, study finds

Race/ethnicity and country important to consider when interpreting coronary artery calcium ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

False Negative Tests for SARS-CoV-2 Infection — Challenges and Implications

There is broad consensus that widespread SARS-CoV-2 testing is essential to safely reopening the United States. A big concern has been test availability, but test accuracy may prove a larger long-term ...
Becker's Hospital Review

4 factors behind false negatives in mammograms

Race, breast density, medical history and imaging facility affiliation can influence the likelihood of false-negative mammogram results, according to a study published Oct. 22 in the American Journal ...
Medscape

What Causes False-Negative Results on Breast MRI Studies?

This retrospective single-institution study from France reviewed causes of false-negative results for cancer on breast MRI in 58 women. Initial MRIs that were negative for cancer were paired with ...
Healio

FDA designates recall of troponin tests producing false-negative MI results as class I

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Certain blood tests have been recalled due to risk for false negative or falsely low cardiac troponin levels.
ABC7 San Francisco

False negative? FDA warns of possible issue with Curative COVID-19 test

HOUSTON, Texas -- The Food and Drug Administration is issuing a warning about Curative coronavirus tests, stating the tests carry the risk of false negative results when used on people who are ...
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False-positive Shield test ‘does not appear’ to correlate with higher non-CRC cancer risk

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The rate of non-CRC malignancies at 1 year was 0.8% in the false-positive group and 0.9% in the true-negative ...