Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 153-160 , April 2012

Estimation of disease prevalence, true positive rate, and false positive rate of two screening tests when disease verification is applied on only screen-positives: A hierarchical model using multi-center data

  • Eileen M. Stock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistical Science, P.O. Box 97140, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798-7140, USA
    • Department of Statistical Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA
    • Center for Applied Health Research, Scott & White Healthcare System, Temple, TX 76502, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Statistical Science, P.O. Box 97140, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798-7140, USA. Tel.: +1 254 710 1699; fax: +1 254 710 4477.
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  • James D. Stamey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistical Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA
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  • Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan

      Affiliations

    • Screening Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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  • Dean M. Young

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistical Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA
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  • Richard Muwonge

      Affiliations

    • Screening Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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  • Marc Arbyn

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium

Received 30 April 2011 ,Revised 24 June 2011 ,Accepted 6 July 2011.

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PII: S1877-7821(11)00107-X

doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.07.001

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 153-160 , April 2012

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