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Re:How often do full-body MRIs find cancer? by paulpauper on Saturday February 14, 2026 @05:25PM (#47019021)
hmm that is still around 1.5% of ppl having cancer. not trivial. Even more if you include false negatives.
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Re:How often do full-body MRIs find cancer? by bawolff on Saturday February 14, 2026 @05:49PM (#47019192)
I mean, i think you need to look more into it than that.

If you make a test that always returns true, it would also meet that criteria.

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Re:How often do full-body MRIs find cancer? by kozzion on Saturday February 14, 2026 @06:40PM (#47019565)
Basically half of all men have some early form of prostate cancer. Now that does not show up very well on an MRI, but there are quite a few diagnosis like that that are not necessary life saving.
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