A full body MRI earns you a year of smoking

The author argues that routine full-body MRI screening for asymptomatic people provides minimal health benefits, with an expected gain of only 0.025 quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) per person. While 4 people per 1,000 screened would genuinely benefit from early cancer detection, the majority experience unnecessary anxiety, testing, and biopsies, making the intervention's overall value questionable when compared to alternative uses of time and resources.