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False-positive result

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003114

A test result that indicates an individual is affected and/or has a certain gene mutation when he or she is actually unaffected and/or does not have the mutation; i.e., a positive test result in a truly unaffected or mutation-negative individual.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003114
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003114",
  "term": "False-positive result",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A test result that indicates an individual is affected and/or has a certain gene mutation when he or she is actually unaffected and/or does not have the mutation; i.e., a positive test result in a truly unaffected or mutation-negative individual.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/false-positive-result/"
}

Record 7,125 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.