Table 3.
Patient-level true positive rate (TPR) for hepatocellular carcinoma using a 6-month surveillance interval. PEB, parametric empirical Bayes; ST, single threshold.
| Screening-level specificity | Cirrhosis | Advanced fibrosis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPR† (N=48) | TPR‡ (N=40) | |||
| PEB | ST | PEB | ST | |
| 80% | 83.3 | 70.8 | 95.0 | 77.5 |
| 85% | 81.2 | 66.7 | 90.0 | 75.0 |
| 90% | 68.8 | 56.2 | 85.0 | 70.0 |
P-values from Bootstrap distribution were 0.0085, 0.0125, and 0.0075
P-values from Bootstrap distribution were 0.0120, 0.0045, and <0.0005; for screening-level specificity of 80%, 85%, and 90%, respectively.