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Re:Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enou... by tarsinge on Friday June 25, 2021 @08:05AM (#27629691)
> Those cancers where checkups are useful we already do regular screenings for.

More like “are <practical given available tests> and useful”.

Regarding your last paragraph cancer screening seems very rare except for one or two types (at least where I live), so statistically yes an annual test will miss the worst case you presented, but for the vast majority it will be a huge improvement.

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Re:Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enou... by jacquesm on Friday June 25, 2021 @08:21AM (#27629825)
For those cancers where it makes sense, yes. But typically screening is voluntary (as it should be), and there are for some cancers strong genetic indicators that a person is susceptible to a particular kind of cancer, which immediately changes the equation for that particular person tremendously in favor of screening.
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