Negative predictive value

Negative predictive value
Term	Negative predictive value
Short definition	negative predictive value - (pronounced) (NEH-guh-tiv preh-DIK-tiv VAL-yoo) The likelihood that a person with a negative test result actually does not have the disease, condition, biomarker, or mutation (change) in the gene being tested. The negative predictive value is a measure of how accurate a particular test is.
Type	Cancer terms
Specialty	Oncology
Language	English
Source	NCI
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negative predictive value - (pronounced) (NEH-guh-tiv preh-DIK-tiv VAL-yoo) The likelihood that a person with a negative test result actually does not have the disease, condition, biomarker, or mutation (change) in the gene being tested. The negative predictive value is a measure of how accurate a particular test is. Also called present value

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