Estimating the cumulative risk of a false-positive test in a repeated screening program.

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Published in Biometrics on September 01, 2004

Authors

Jian-Lun Xu1, Richard M Fagerstrom, Philip C Prorok, Barnett S Kramer

Author Affiliations

1: Biometry Research Group, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7354, USA. jx2b@nih.gov

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