When doctors scanned healthy adults with a full-body MRI just to check for problems, most of the cancers they found were in people who didn’t have any symptoms—meaning the scan caught cancers before people even felt sick.

Using a full-body MRI scan to look for cancer early might help find cancer sooner and at an earlier stage, which lets doctors better understand how people get diagnosed over time.

Doctors are testing if a full-body MRI scan can find hidden cancers sooner in people who feel fine, so they can start treatment faster.

Using a full-body MRI scan on people who feel fine might help doctors find hidden cancers or other serious health problems early, especially when they use special rules to decide what needs follow-up.

Using a full-body MRI scan to check for hidden health problems has been linked to finding cancers and other serious conditions in real patients, and doctors use special scoring systems to decide who needs more tests.

Using a special full-body MRI scan and a new way to sort results, doctors can find serious health problems that aren't cancer—like heart or liver issues—that need quick follow-up.