Why are there no full cancer screening checkups?

There is a cost/benefit ratio to everything. One controversial study found that women getting mammograms annually after 40 only increased life expectancy by 2 weeks. Some woman added years to their life, for some others finding it early did not improve their prognosis, and for most women it made no difference. There is even less benefit to prostate screening. Most prostate cancers are either so aggressive that they are almost always fatal even with aggressive treatment or so slow growing that they will never threaten the life of the patient. Consider that cost is not entirely financial. The emotional strain of false positives or unpleasant and ineffective or unneeded chemo, radiation, and surgery can reduce patients quality of life. There are a few renegade doctors who argue the opposite and say that unless we have significant risk factors we should skip cancer screening all together. They argue that screenings are more likely to harm than help most patients.

but is the cost not worth the amount of lives it would save?

i guess it just irritates me that everybody says “the earlier it’s found the better” but there is nothing to help find it earlier.. ;/