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. 2015 Apr 14;15:28. doi: 10.1186/s12911-015-0149-3

Table 3.

The false positive errors made by the ES algorithm with the causes described by the oncologist

Cause of false positive errors identified by the physician chart review Number of errors
Previously enrolled in the trial/therapy at a different institution 3
New diagnosis treated with standard of care therapy due to high likelihood of survival 4
Correct diagnosis but in a different stage of the disease (e.g. high risk versus low risk) 5
Correct diagnosis but incorrect relapse status (e.g. relapsed versus non-relapsed, remission 1 versus remission 2) 5
Wrong diagnosis, confusion between sub-categories of diseases (e.g. ALL versus AML, T cell versus Pre-B cell and different types of renal tumors) 13
Wrong diagnosis, other reasons 12