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You misunderstand. 12k$ (or some number in that ballpark) would be per postive test for testing everyone. Your 12k$ for MRI would check a single person. That's something totally different.

The point is that treating a cancer patient easily costs tens or of hundreds of thousands plus dire consequences for the patient themselves. So there is a lot of room for improvement if the diagnosis is made that much earlier.



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