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by frickinLasers 2400 days ago
Medical tests are always going to be messy, because biology is messy. It's ultimately up to the physician to order tests and interpret the results. Here's a list of tests for diagnosing breast cancer, none of which approach the numbers you are hoping for (a needle biopsy is only performed once a mass is found)

http://www.getthediagnosis.org/diagnosis/Breast_Cancer.htm

I just stumbled across this site, but you can browse by diagnosis for more numbers.

http://www.getthediagnosis.org/browse.php?mode=dx

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CA-125 test for ovarian cancer is similar. "Best we've got", not "what we'd like to have".