> If you do a CT scan and it shows a mass, you’ll order a biopsy.

> But because that patient was low-risk, the harms of that biopsy will outweigh the benefits.

> Thus, you shouldn’t do the CT scan.

> What? If the harms of the biopsy outweigh the benefits, don’t do the damn biopsy!

I'm not sure what the point of doing the CT scan if we're not going to act on its result.

Sure, you gain the confidence that everything's gucci if it turns negative. Is that really worth the stress of the test going positive and the not doing the biopsy? Seems dubious to me.