hamartoma A benign (noncancerous) tumor which is made up of tissues normally found in the area that it is in, but in an unusual mixture. This type of tumor results from a developmental anomaly of embryonic cells.
false-positive (false-pos·i·tive) (fawls¢pos¢[ibreve]-tiv) 1. denoting a test result that wrongly assigns an individual to a diagnostic or other category, e.g., one that labels a healthy person as diseased in screening for detection of that disease. 2. an individual so categorized. 3. an instance of a false-positive result.
I probably spent over an hour at PubMed trying to find the incidence and prevalence of hamartomas. Here's PubMed if you feel lucky. Click on related articles.
The issue is if you are asymptomatic and the next step in the workup is an invasive procedure to obtain a biopsy for a possibly benign lesion.
Well, I can't do the research. . .too late. . .have to pack. . .etc. but. . .my point is that the excuse is no more or no less than, the same reason; people undergo tests to begin with. if only starting with a suspicion or a doubt.
More to the point; the excuse belies what I think is the real reason for the failure of these whole-body/scan clinics; the Medical profession; already beset by malpractice insurance . . .lowered incomes as cost paid for surgeries are preset etc. . .
and these Doctors are not in any frameof mind, to deal with or cooperate with another industry that they see 'taking their turf. . .and their patients; while ursurping some of their 'specialities' of diagnostics. Even though, these people- and a whole lot more. . .would need the 'traditional services' anyway.
But then. . .there are those; particularly younger people; who would go the 'intern/whole physical; who would not move beyond the 'scan clinic' when their tests show up as a clean scan. . .as is more the probabiliy with a younger population. . .and they do not want to have to wait. . .for these folks to age; and show up, just much later in life; on their doorstep, as new patients.
Of course, mine is only speculation. . .but I think we are on the same page. . .and I think I am repeating myself. . . ;^)