One whole-body MRI could replace multiple cancer scans

Re:One whole-body MRI could replace multiple cancer scans by bsder on Monday May 20, 2019 @07:18PM (#19966252)

> Cool, so your serum zorblaxian levels are 300 ng/L. The finding was incidental, so it’s jot tied to existing symptoms / clinical suspicion. It’s a molecule involved in the inflammatory cascade.

This isn't that hard. You look at it again in 6 months. And you ask "Did it go up? Did it go down? Is this just your baseline?" And you keep your eyes open a little more strongly for issues that might correlate.

And, you know what, I, the patient, am FAR more invested in keeping tabs on whether things are going right or wrong in my own body than any doctor.

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Re:One whole-body MRI could replace multiple cancer scans by MegaButts on Monday May 20, 2019 @07:54PM (#19966462)

> And, you know what, I, the patient, am FAR more invested in keeping tabs on whether things are going right or wrong in my own body than any doctor.

As someone who has had to figure out his health on his own after multiple doctors have failed or many never even attempted to help, I cannot agree with this more.

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