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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The cost/time/workload is part of it, and well explained in other answers, but as someone who currently gets a CT scan and X-ray every two months, the tests themselves have associated health risks. The more you take them, the greater your risk of developing various cancers.
They have to weigh the cost of the information provided vs the risks to your long term health. I’m on active monitoring for cancer, so for me, the risk of not catching a reccurance early is worth the long term risks, which I will eventually have to face just the same.
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