[BonnieR]

Debbie, you have provided an important service here. I have heard this explanation more than once at various seminars and it has finally sunk in. I understand the logic. I happen to have had various scans during my first 5 years in Cancerland because I had symptoms. Once a brain scan for a pressure that was persistent. In that case a big scare came with the finding of multiple abnormal areas. This required a neurologist who determined that the films had been grossly over read and the changes were normal aging. And I think most of you know what happened when everyone overreacted to my chronic cough resulting in unnecessary lung surgery and a misdiagnosis of cancer. This is one aspect of testing without good cause. Often it results in false positives and goose chases. Things get found that are not things! If I am making sense
After my 5 years of routine follow up and AIs, I was declared "cured" ( a word I am not very comfortable with!) without any scans. Because I had no recurrence.
I don't know if I explained myself well enough but wanted to try contributing to the conversation
Keep the faith everyone