The ability of short-term tests to predict carcinogenicity can be summarized in a single index.

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The ability of short-term tests to predict carcinogenicity can be summarized in a single index.

Journal of toxicology and environmental health - 1 Sept 1991

Benigni R

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This paper presents a new procedure aimed at quantifying the ability of short-term tests (STT) to discriminate between carcinogens and noncarcinogens. While the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy indices provide an estimate that is not biased by the relative proportion of carcinogens and nonc...

Topics

Animals
Bias
Carcinogenicity Tests
Carcinogens
Cell Line
Chromosome Aberrations
Databases, Factual
Discriminant Analysis
Lymphoma
Mutation
Predictive Value of Tests
ROC Curve
Salmonella typhimurium
Sister Chromatid Exchange
Software
Tumor Cells, Cultured

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