> Researchers cautioned that more real-world data was needed to show whether the tool could detect enough early-stage cases to outweigh the risks of false positives and unnecessary testing.
Yep, as always, the devil is in the [false|true]-[positive|negative] rate details. These are often downplayed in order to have an attention-grabbing headline.
To illustrate, consider that the following algorithm has a 100% success rate at finding deadly tumors that doctors might miss:
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> Researchers cautioned that more real-world data was needed to show whether the tool could detect enough early-stage cases to outweigh the risks of false positives and unnecessary testing.
Yep, as always, the devil is in the [false|true]-[positive|negative] rate details. These are often downplayed in order to have an attention-grabbing headline.
To illustrate, consider that the following algorithm has a 100% success rate at finding deadly tumors that doctors might miss: