Comment by miduil
4 days ago
> Arguments against proactive MRI scanning always seem to have a whiff of status quo bias to them
More and more European countries are currently adopting Lung Cancer screening programs. It's usually limited to people with a certain amount of cigarette-pack-years, but still gives the opportunity for driving more of the innovation you're talking about. I think the main challenge at the moment is that nothing in healthcare is prepared of looking at those scans effectively, a radiologist has full medical education + additional specialization - without effective procedures you'll never be able to provide full-body scans with any meaningful impact.
It's helpful in justifying screening that non-small cell lung cancer treatments have greatly improved in recent years.