26 in 10,000? sounds like pretty crappo test.
10,000 people with no symptoms.
That’s 26 people that would not even suspect that they had any disease let alone cancer.
That’s possibly 26 people whose lives will be significantly longer.
The problem I see with a test like this is that it is a test that will probably rarely be administered because it probably won’t be approved by insurance companies.
26 in 10,000 is not considered a good return on investment for insurance companies.
Also approving a test for someone who is apparently healthy is not usually approved. Unless the test is very inexpensive I don’t see it in common use.
The test is finding extremely early cancer in people with zero symptoms. Sounds like it could save lives and huge amounts of money versus waiting for treatment until cancers are obvious.
I read it that they found 26 DIFFERENT kinds of Cancers in the 10K people.
If you happen to be one of the 26 and end up alive down the road, it may be a very big thing....think of the tale about the boy tossing a few starfish back into the water....