Founder @ TrueScan. Sharing thoughts on medicine and healthcare.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Joined July 2025
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Also, lung cancer causes 2.4x MORE deaths than colorectal cancer each year, making it the #1 cancer killer.
80-90% of lung cancer cases are due to smoking.
If you smoked in the past, please take screening seriously.
Colorectal cancer is the #2 cancer killer in the US, behind pancreatic. Yet, it can take 10+ years for a polyp to turn deadly.
There's a large window to catch it early.
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Which is why early detection is so important!
Did you know?
Pancreatic cancer is the #3 cancer killer in the U.S., taking ~51,000 lives every year.
Breast cancer causes about 42,000 deaths annually – yet it’s nearly 5× more common, with over 310,000 new cases each year compared to just 66,000 for pancreatic cancer.
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First responders are at a much higher risk for:
• Cancer
• Chronic injuries from physical strain
• Ongoing exposure to infectious diseases and toxic substances
They are a group that could benefit the most from early detection.
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Spoke with someone today whose wife is battling Stage IV esophageal cancer. He wishes she had access to early detection much sooner.
It was a powerful reminder of why our work at TrueScan matters.
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The CMS inclusion of a Category I CPT code for coronary plaque analysis is a game changer. This is going to blast open the doors for adoption.
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Body composition analysis with MRI will eventually replace DXA.
DXA will likely remain useful only for a) low-cost body composition scans that don’t require as high sensitivity, and b) bone density measurements – at least until we find a better way to assess bone density
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U.S. healthcare spending hit $4.9 trillion in 2023 – 5x the size of the global ad industry (where Meta & Google compete).
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About 10% of epithelial ovarian cancers have a genetic link. Unfortunately, there’s still no widely accepted screening test for ovarian cancer, which delays diagnosis.
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Ovarian cancer staging depends on how far it has spread: stage 1 is limited to the ovary; stage 2 involves nearby pelvic organs like the uterus or fallopian tubes; stage 3 has spread to the abdominal cavity; and stage 4 means it has reached distant parts of the body.
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