Sentence examples for missing a positive from inspiring English sources

Thus, SLNB was easier to conduct, and the possibility of missing a positive lymph node was reduced.

The probability of missing a positive LN is 60% if 3 LNs are examined, 45% if 5 are examined, and drops to 22% when 10 are examined.

In the development and validation cohorts, the probability of missing a positive lymph node decreases with increase in the number of nodes examined.

In this case, checking just 12 or even 24 LNs would have resulted in missing a positive LN and affected the treatment regimen plan for this patient.

Indeed, the one-size-fits-all approach is too inaccurate and one needs to estimate the individual risk of missing a positive LN.

Our tool may enable the physician and the patient to join in the decision-making by identifying risks through weighting the probability of missing a positive LN taking into account the risk of PLND.

He has won the hearts of people who have missed a positive, all-embracing language that is careful not to be hurtful to anyone," said a civil society activist, who asked not to be named.

If the missing cases all had high DDT or DDE levels, then selection bias could have caused us to miss a positive association.

Our power analysis reveals that we might have missed a positive result if all non-responders had answered in a way to favor an intervention effect.

As mentioned above, one major limitation is the small number of study subjects, which may lead to type 2 errors, i.e. the risk of missing a true positive effect.

In addition to the resources wasted in investigating so many false alarms, a "crying wolf" mindset could diminish the attention paid to all screening test results, increasing the chance of missing a true-positive test result.