External quality assessment of tumour marker analysis: state of the art and consequences for estimating diagnostic sensitivity and specificity

External quality assessment of tumour marker analysis: state of the art and consequences for estimating diagnostic sensitivity and specificity

This review shows the current analytical quality for the following analytes used as tumour markers in the external quality assessment (EQA)-programmes of Instand e.V., a national EQA-organiser in Germany: Corticotropin (ACTH), growth hormone (GH, hGH), prolactin (PRL), chorionic gonadotropin (CG, hC...

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Main Authors: Wood, William Graham, Reinauer, Hans
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2005-05-01
Series:GMS German Medical Science
Subjects:
external quality assessment (EQA)
tumour markers
precision
accuracy
standardisation
method comparison
diagnostic specificity
diagnostic sensitivity
immunoassay
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/en/gms/2005-3/000020.shtml

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