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by msrenee 1824 days ago
I'd need to know more about the specific types of cancer this screening covers to say anything for sure. However, the errors that cause cancerous growth are more common than most think and many are not life-threatening. I think that's what the other commenter is talking about. The intervention for these types of cancer may be more damaging than the cancer itself. If these are detected by this test, the patient may not understand that intervention is not necessarily in their best interest and may have increased anxiety or demand treatment when it is not needed.

This is just the first article I ran into.

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-evidence-finds-numerous-can...