Quantitative approaches to clinical diagnosis of cancer in elderly patients.

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Journal Article (Review)

Recommendations for cancer detection in the elderly are based on even less evidence of efficacy than are recommendations for the general adult population. In this article, we present some quantitative measures of test performance--operating characteristics, effectiveness and cost effectiveness/cost benefit--and show examples of how to use these measures to adjust diagnostic strategies for factors especially relevant to the elderly.

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Duke Authors

Matchar, David Bruce
Simel, David Lee

Cited Authors

Feussner, JR; Simel, DL; Matchar, DB

Published Date

August 1987

Published In

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volume / Issue

3 / 3

Start / End Page

447 - 461

PubMed ID

3308043

Pubmed Central ID

3308043

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

1879-8853

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0749-0690

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30793-6

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