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It probably all comes down to cost. I remember reading studies about widespread melanoma screening and they were writing things that basically amounted to: "overall it adds ~0.5 day of life expectancy to the average Joe, based on costs &co it's worth it if you consider 1 year of human life worth $30k"


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