“If You Have Lungs, You Can Get Lung Cancer” | Early Detection, Screening Cost & Stigma | Shira Boehler

Podcast: Patient from Hell · Manta Cares

Opublikowano: 2026-07-31

Shira Boehler's family is full of doctors, and every one of them told her not to get the full-body MRI. She canceled the appointment repeatedly herself, until her husband rebooked it one time too many and she finally went. The scan found a 3.8 centimeter mass in her right lung and labeled it a minor finding, with a note to correlate with symptoms. She had none. She was running six miles a day, the picture of health, and had never smoked. A follow-up CT months later showed the mass had grown, and on the Monday...