The initial test identified the cancer patients with 85% accuracy, and although, when combined with a follow-up test, the overall result fell to 76%, the researchers were upbeat about its potential.
In reality, the scans are more likely to pick up "incidentalomas"--blips that don't necessarily mean anything but require a follow-up test, says Dr. Roseanne Leipzig, professor of clinical and geriatric medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Edwards, 53, canceled a Tuesday evening house party in Iowa to go with his wife to a doctor's appointment, which his campaign described as a follow-up to a routine test she had Monday.
The follow-up reveals that the first test was just a fluke or the result of a benign condition.
Pietersen's absence will be keenly felt by England, who are looking to follow up their impressive 2-0 Test series victory with more success against Chris Gayle's Windies side.
Staff members made sure that all patients who made a sick visit the day before got a follow-up call within twenty-four hours, that every test ordered was reviewed, that every unexpected problem was addressed.
Silicon Valley pundits see this as a test case that may open floodgates for a long string of follow-up indictments.
If the player fails a concussion test, he or she must follow a staggered series of follow-up tests often over several days before being cleared to return to activity.
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He is still recuperating from shoulder surgery and was due to link up with the team for two Test matches, which are scheduled to follow the one-day series.
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Eriksson said he "would love to conduct a follow-up study with other samples, " adding his paper didn't itself contain any deliberately faulty statistics to test whether readers would notice.
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