 Sensitivity and Specificity
"Sensitivity and Specificity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
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D012680
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E05.318.740.872 E05.318.780.800 G17.800 N05.715.360.750.725 N05.715.360.780.700 N06.850.520.445.800 N06.850.520.830.872
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| 1996 | 0 | 14 | 14 | | 1997 | 1 | 23 | 24 | | 1998 | 0 | 16 | 16 | | 1999 | 0 | 19 | 19 | | 2000 | 0 | 28 | 28 | | 2001 | 0 | 22 | 22 | | 2002 | 0 | 37 | 37 | | 2003 | 0 | 39 | 39 | | 2004 | 0 | 54 | 54 | | 2005 | 0 | 61 | 61 | | 2006 | 0 | 55 | 55 | | 2007 | 0 | 67 | 67 | | 2008 | 0 | 96 | 96 | | 2009 | 0 | 93 | 93 | | 2010 | 0 | 53 | 53 | | 2011 | 0 | 69 | 69 | | 2012 | 0 | 60 | 60 | | 2013 | 0 | 92 | 92 | | 2014 | 0 | 73 | 73 | | 2015 | 0 | 78 | 78 | | 2016 | 0 | 94 | 94 | | 2017 | 0 | 60 | 60 | | 2018 | 0 | 56 | 56 | | 2019 | 0 | 50 | 50 | | 2020 | 0 | 38 | 38 | | 2021 | 0 | 51 | 51 | | 2022 | 0 | 23 | 23 | | 2023 | 0 | 22 | 22 | | 2024 | 5 | 25 | 30 | | 2025 | 0 | 34 | 34 | | 2026 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sensitivity and Specificity" by people in Profiles.
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Nabavizadeh N, McDonnell C, Kurbegov D, Matrana M, Gadgeel S, Kim RH, Stipec G, Oeffinger KC, Demeure MJ, Lillard JW, Kaltman R, Tran J, Roth A, Tahhan S, Poklepovic A, Richards D, Lopatin M, Marquez C, McCusker M, Giridhar KV. Performance and safety of a multi-cancer early detection test: the PATHFINDER 2 study. Nat Med. 2026 Oct; 32(10):3760-3769.
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Van Hove JLK, Friederich MW, Van Hove RA, Lee JC, Knight KM, Donovan TE, Silveira L, Ganetzky RD, Hirano M, Abdenur J, Butler MG, Cassiman D, Cohen BH, Elsea SH, Enns GM, Gahl WA, Gavrilova R, Geddes GC, Glamuzina EE, Goldstein A, Haas RH, Khan A, Kripps KA, Larson AA, Lehman AN, Lichter-Konecki U, Mayr JA, Morava E, Peterson JT, Rosenfeld JA, Saneto RP, Scaglia F, Shelkowitz E, Simon M, Smet JEG, Smith WE, Soler-Alfonso C, Tarnopolsky M, Van Coster RNA, Vanlander AV, Vermeersch P, Vockley J, Wigby K, Wolfe LA, Wortmann SB, Yang JH. Comprehensive functional testing in fibroblasts has strong utility to diagnose mitochondrial disease. EMBO Mol Med. 2026 Oct; 18(10):4153-4172.
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Russell KW, Kahan AM, Eldredge RS, Larsen KE, Swendiman RA, Rampton JW, Kastenberg ZJ, Wan HY, Padilla BE, Ostlie DJ, Jensen AR, Ignacio RC, Chao SD, Kelley-Quon LI, Gillory LA, Notrica DM, Schroeppel TJ, Escobar MA, Leneweaver KJ, Williams RF, Kotagal M, Yorkgitis BK, Iyer RR, Brockmeyer DL, Ravindra VM, Inaba K. Defining pediatric cervical spine clearance with computed tomography: A prospective observational study by the Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium and Western Trauma Association. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Nov 01; 101(5):844-857.
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Dorfner FJ, Dorster MA, Connolly R, Gentilhomme O, Gibbs E, Wander S, Schultz T, Bahl M, Daye D, Kim AE, Bridge CP. DBT-DINO: Toward Foundation Model-Based Analysis of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis. Radiology. 2026 Aug; 320(2):e254034.
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Adrian RJ, Alsharif P, Ali M, Alerhand S. Systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy of point-of-care gastric ultrasound by emergency physicians. Intern Emerg Med. 2026 Sep; 21(6):2211-2219.
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West M, LoGrasso O, Roberts R. Improved Diagnostic Tools to Reliably Detect Modern Wheat Mosaic Virus Isolates. Plant Dis. 2026 Jun; 110(6):2477-2486.
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Safer-Lichtenstein J, Villarreal J, Fernandez L, Troxel M. Limited Sensitivity and Specificity of the Spanish Social Communication Questionnaire in a Clinic Sample in Quito, Ecuador. Autism. 2026 Sep; 30(9):2427-2431.
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Leseman CA, Bonomi AM, Schuitema J, Granieri S, Sällberg Chen M, Maker AV, Ateeb Z, Wood LD, Voermans RP, Marchegiani G, Del Chiaro M, Ket JCF, Lennon AM, Besselink MG. Serum CA19.9 for Detecting High-Grade Dysplasia and Invasive Carcinoma in Patients With Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jun 01; 9(6):e2617587.
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Krajewski KT, Hornfeck M, Sanders JS. A Modified Keshishyan Index Demonstrates Three-dimensional Assessment of Asymmetry in Pediatric Pelvic Fractures. Orthopedics. 2026 May-Jun; 49(3):e242-e247.
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Rehman M, Ramachandran S, Wahid M, Sharma A, Chalian M, Bajaj G, Wu JS, Garner H, Samet J, Ahlawat S, Motamedi K, Subhawong T, Murphey M, Chhabra A. MRI findings for differentiating benign and malignant soft tissue tumors: a narrative review- Part 1: diagnostic performance. Skeletal Radiol. 2026 Oct; 55(10):2425-2446.
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