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2021-05-04 01:30:26
Respected doctors is ct scan lead to cancer how many ct scan in a year is consider normal in 2019 I myself done ct scan of brain and 3 chest xray now I read in Google that its lead to cancer
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No it wont It unnecessarily causing anxiety in society, dose of hrct is too less to cause a cancer, until it was done repeatedly Other risk factors are more important Focus on those

Answered2021-05-10 15:35:14

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Cancer risk depends upon cumulative dose of radiation. Radiation dose also depends upon which part of body is undergoing scan. In your case it's not much.

Answered2021-05-04 04:48:19

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