With the odds of about 1 in 2 people getting cancer at some point in their lives, why isn’t it protocol for everybody to get screened for cancer of all types more often? Like maybe every few years starting at the age of twenty? It seems most times it get caught is when somebody is complaining of a symptom, often times too late.
In: Biology
In order to check if something is cancerous, you need a physical piece of it, which usually involves stabbing it with a needle. So if it’s somewhere like the brain, you have to stab them in the brain. To be fair, it’s a very small stab, but you are still stabbing them. There’s inherent bleeding and infection risks involved.
On top of that, you can absolutely stab someone (usually in the lung) for what turns out to be an extra thick glob of mucus or something equally innocent
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