A family member was going to get screened, and the insurer would only pay for a sigmoidoscopy since there were no indications of any issues. He paid for the fu

A family member was going to get screened, and the insurer would only pay for a sigmoidoscopy since there were no indications of any issues. He paid for the full deal, and they found cancer they would not have found otherwise. He paid because a coworker had died due to undetected cancer - undetected because they didn't do the whole colon. A paper may talk about percentages, but that doesn't represent you - it represents what an insurer or provider might find interesting to lower costs. You either have cancer or you don't. If you want to find out, you need to check.