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giantg2yesterday at 10:03 PM1 replyview on HN

Just to point out, cancer isn't the only reason to get these. Aneurisms, hemachromatosis, etc can all be serious. I know someone who got scanned for $500 and they caught hemachromatosis via iron deposits in the liver. Much better than eventual chirrosis and liver failure.


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tptacekyesterday at 10:20 PM

What's the base rate of hemachromatosis in the population and what's the false positive rate for MRI detection of the condition?

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