why can’t we get a yearly full body MRI to scan for cancers?

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I’ve seen so many horror stories where someone gets sick or is in pain, thinking they know what’s causing it only to find out they have late stage cancer. I don’t understand…..wouldn’t insurance companies want to offer this like they would a free yearly physical as it would be cheaper for them than paying out cancer treatments? Wouldn’t doctors want to push they’re patients to have this service done?

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Cancer often will kill you quicker than a year. So it’s essentially a huge waste of resources that might catch 1% more cancers in time to treat them that would have otherwise been fatal. Not to mention a full body MRI takes several hours of being stuck in a tiny, uncomfortable box. There are a lot of people, even without claustrophobia, who would really prefer to never do that.

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