BioCurex, Inc.(fka BOCX)

[Gold Seeker]

Based on all the information currently available, you estimate that the patient in your office has a one in four chance of having a serious disease. You order a diagnostic test with sensitivity of 95% and specificity of 90%.

2. The result comes back positive. Based on all the information now available, the chance your patient really has the disease is closest to
a. 100%
b. 95%
c. 90%
d. 75%
e. 60%
f. roughly 30%

the answer is (d)

The new format test:
"On 68 prostate cancers (Stages I and II) the new format detected 71% of cancers with 87% specificity."

The radio-immune assay:
"RECAF cancer test detects initial stages of prostate cancer with 75% sensitivity and 100% specificity when compared to healthy individuals; and 68% sensitivity with 97% specificity when compared to men with benign prostate conditions."

I just noticed something. The latest test says it detected 71% of the cancers. That is not the sensitivity as we first read it to be. Would the sensitivity be better?