Negative predictive value
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| Negative predictive value | |
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| Term | Negative predictive value |
| Short definition | negative predictive value - (pronounced) (NEH-guh-tiv preh-DIK-tiv VAL-yoo) The likelihood that a person with a negative test result actually does not have the disease, condition, biomarker, or mutation (change) in the gene being tested. The negative predictive value is a measure of how accurate a particular test is. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
negative predictive value - (pronounced) (NEH-guh-tiv preh-DIK-tiv VAL-yoo) The likelihood that a person with a negative test result actually does not have the disease, condition, biomarker, or mutation (change) in the gene being tested. The negative predictive value is a measure of how accurate a particular test is. Also called present value
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