Informed consent: False positives not a worry in lung cancer study

Friday, July 25, 2014 - 12:00 in Psychology & Sociology

A false positive screen result -- a screening test in which initial findings of concern for cancer are later found not to be worrisome -- did not cause participants undue anxiety or reduced quality of life, a new study shows. Researchers hypothesize that clear and accurate consent forms prepared patients for these false positive diagnoses.

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