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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not me, but a close friend, about age 65 at the time.  Found something on his lung - very alarming, as he'd been a heavy smoker for many years.

So, more tests and finally surgery, opening rib cage.

It was nothing.  Some sort of "benign cyst."  So, he'd put himself in a very risky situation for naught.

Read up on the current controversy on mammograms - same problem.  When you screen a healthy population, you may well get more false positives than true positives (depending on the incidence of the particular conditions), leading to costly and dangerous procedures.

Of course if you're the one who happens on a "true positive" you win big.  Another friend found an aortic aneurysm via an insurance physical.  He was young, mid 40's I think.

So, you pays your money and you takes your choice . . .
[/quote]Sounds odd that other diagnostics didn't confirm a benign cyst.  CT scans and coronary calcium scans have come a long way and should've picked that up after the body scan.  Strange, very strange.  [/quote]

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