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Table 3 Effectiveness of PCa diagnosis: Accuracy of PSA and DRE.

From: Population based prostate cancer screening in north Mexico reveals a high prevalence of aggressive tumors in detected cases

MEASURE

PSA

DRE

False Positive Rate

0.77

0.18

False Negative Rate

0.07

0.8

Sensitivity

93.30%

20%

Specificity

22.50%

82%

Positive Predictive Value

31%

10%

Negative Predictive Value

90%

91%

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BMC Cancer

ISSN: 1471-2407

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