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3. Does anyone know if this is more a case of increasing occurrence, or increasing detection ??

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:40 AM

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Tests for various cancers have gotten so much more sensitive and selective in the last couple of decades, I tend to suspect a lot of the latter.

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