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Omfg, don't get a PET-scan 'just because'. You would literally have to be injected with radioactive particles. The other stuff, while not necessary, will atleast not kill you faster.
Last paragraph is also massively oversimplified. Getting a 'you have cancer'-speech and treatment for a superslow growing prostatecancer will fuck with your mind and body more than the cancer itself. That's why most health care systems advise against general PSA screening.
Just to provide some data on the radiation dose. It’s everyone’s own decision whether a ‘willy-nilly’ PET scan is worth it.
From the English Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission_tomography#Safety
From the German Wikipedia:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positronen-Emissions-Tomographie#Strahlenexposition
I mean 1 in 3000 isn't a lot, but it's a lot more than nothing...