As requested, the technician tapped on Hank's previous full-body scan right away, enlarging the section over his pancreas as requested.

With the contrasting agent, the scans before had shown that Hank's cancer had grown rapidly, causing the pancreatic head to swell.

Pat stared at the scan, murmuring, "There's no mistake—the cancer was there, obvious and huge. How did it just disappear?!"

Turning to the technician, he urged, "Quick! Switch to the new scans!"

The technician quickly did so, but