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Re:How often do full-body MRIs find cancer? by paulpauper on Saturday February 14, 2026 @05:28PM (#47019042)
Yeah a 2% risk of having something which can easily kill you and is very expensive to treat, especially if you're not elderly and still have lots of life ahead of your, is not exactly trivial. I would want to know about this
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Re:How often do full-body MRIs find cancer? by Snoozus on Sunday February 15, 2026 @01:52AM (#47021607)
That's not the case. Most of these wouldn't kill you. Many of those that would kill you would be spotted in time anyways.

And the few that would kill you and would otherwise not be noticed are so rare that the risk of the procedures on the others is considered higher.

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