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What do false positives and negatives have to do with screening tests for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports

Health Newsfeed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts by Johns Hopkins Medicine

Jul 3, 20261:08Science & Medicine

A blood test used for population based cancer screening fell short of allowing cancers to be detected earlier, was cost prohibitive and delayed diagnoses for others, a new study shows. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center...

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What do false positives and negatives have to do with screening tests for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports is an episode from Health Newsfeed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts by Johns Hopkins Medicine. A blood test used for population base...

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Published Jul 3, 2026, 1:08 long, audio available.