I wish them good luck. It will be a massive uphill climb. Personally, I am in agreement that unnecessary scans can reveal what is otherwise benign findings to

I wish them good luck. It will be a massive uphill climb. Personally, I am in agreement that unnecessary scans can reveal what is otherwise benign findings to trained physicians. But to Joe Blow off the street, it can cause massive anxiety. Thus triggering a set of follow ups that may lead to expensive and unnecessarily risky operations. But I do also understand how a “clean” scan can alleviate any such anxiety in the future. Even just establishing a baseline of clean scans (MRI, CT, or even PET). Even if a benign finding is found. Can plan appropriately (ie, rescanning every X years) or if symptoms do arise intervention can proceed much faster rather than iterating through various sub-specialists and delaying care. In one case, there is something known as an “brain AVM”. Some say it’s genetic or just bad luck with genetics. But most won’t realize they have it until symptoms arise (ie, stroke like symptoms) or it’s discovered as an incidental finding (ie, patient comes into clinic with concussion).