>>> "Masterly Inactivity" on the treatment side of things can be followed even if such tests are done. Might be harder, but not out of the picture.
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>Don't agree. Both physician and patient are motivated to act if an alarming abnormality is spotted. Consider Tamar's example. These days we spot things that never were identified or considered 20 years ago and people are subject to unpleasant treatments for things that probably never would have affected them before they are moved on by cardiac disease or the other big ones out there.

FWIW, in both cases I cited, no treatment was undertaken. The thing was identified and clarified and then ignored. In my husband's case, he had enough testing (don't remember what--it was 25 or 30 years ago) to ensure that it wasn't dangerous, and then we promptly forgot about it.

Tamar