Screening program of computerized digital mammography

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Suppose that 50,000 women who have never had a breast cancer diagnosis are available and willing to participate in a new screening program of computerized digital mammography. Of the women, 1,132 had a positive screening test and all of those women had a breast biopsy. Of these biopsies, only 136 were diagnosed as de?nitely breast cancer. Of the 48,868 who screened "negative" on the screening test, 24 were actually in the detectable preclinical phase. This was determined by following these women and observing who was diagnosed with clinical breast cancer after the screening test. What is the speci?city of this new screening test?

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