June 14, 2018
Question:
Answer:
About 5 additional women will avoid death from breast cancer and about 10 additional women will be referred from a breast biopsy that turns out negative.
Correct Answer?
Explanation:
About 1 additional woman will avoid death from breast cancer and about 70 additional women will be referred for a breast biopsy that turns our negative
About 10 women (1%) will avoid death from breast cancer and 100 women (10%) will be referred for a breast biopsy that turns out negative.
There will be no additional over diagnosed cases of breast cancer.
Both b and d
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