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.