Negative predictive value

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-005722",
  "term": "Negative predictive value",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "The likelihood that a person who has a negative test result indeed does not have the disease, condition, biomarker, or mutation (change) in the gene being tested. The negative predictive value is a way of measuring how accurate a specific test is. Also called NPV.",
    "The likelihood that an individual with a negative test result is truly unaffected and/or does not have the particular gene mutation in question. Also called NPV."
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    "NPV"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/negative-predictive-value/"
}