1. Homework 9
Cancer Detection

2. For this assignment read the following articles and then complete the following assignment.
All questions are to be done individually and turned in on paper during class.

3. Boston Globe Article
You are a member of an IRB review board that is about to make a decision to either allow or not allow a new study on Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer to begin. The proposed study uses a placebo controlled experiment to test a new chemotherapy drug. As an IRB review board member do you vote to allow the study to occur or not? Support your vote with a one paragraph position statement.

4. National Cancer Institute Article
Calculate the sensitivity and specificity of this small trial for detection of ovarian cancer.
How might these numbers change if the sample size were larger?