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cjensen on May 21, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: One whole-body MRI could replace multiple cancer s...

In the US system with malpractice lawsuits, there will be followup in most cases. US Doctors are still furious over the amount of unnecessary testing that occurred as a result of the "whole body scan at third party facility" fad from a decade or two ago.

Wowfunhappy on May 21, 2019 [–]

We should focus on the core problem, instead of "this device gives patients too much data."

cjensen on May 21, 2019 | [–]

The core problem is there is zero evidence that a whole-body scan saves more lives than are lost due to the radiation of a whole-body scan.

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