Panel of Blood Tests: Sensitivity and Specificity
Introduction:
None written. Excerpt from the entry in Cancer:
Any of: abnormal CBC, Albumin < 3.5, abnormal LFTs, LDH > 500
Any of: abnormal CBC, Albumin < 3.5, abnormal LFTs, LDH > 500
in patients with unexplained involuntary weight loss. The conclusions is that a panel of blood tests will discover virtually all cancers in these patients.
Associated Diagnoses:
95% sensitive, 35% specific