Correction: Article on Diagnostic Markers for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer

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Correction: Article on Diagnostic Markers for Early
Detection of Ovarian Cancer

In the article on diagnostic markers for early detection of ovarian cancer in the February
15, 2008, issue of Clinical Cancer Research, the authors indicated that the novel blood test
described has a PPV for the general population above the suggested 0.10 necessary to be
used as a screening test. However, data were not provided to support this claim. The PPV
of this test for the general population is 6.5%, or 0.065. Therefore, it was incorrect to
suggest that this test may be used for screening the general population, and the authors
do not support the use of this test for screening the general population.

Visintin I, Feng Z, Longton G, Ward DC, Alvero AB, Lai Y, Tenthorey J, Leiser A,
Flores-Saaib R, Yu H, Azori M, Rutherford T, Schwartz PE, Mor G. Diagnostic markers
for early detection of ovarian cancer.
Clin Cancer Res 2008;14:1065–72.