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Sir I did Nasal , Chest and abdominal CT scan within 2 years, is it High risk of cancer?? Which cancer will occur from ct scan?? Any precaution doze available for Cancer??? Please any suggestions.
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Very low dose used in CT scan, so don't worry about risk of cancer
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The dose of radiation exposure is very less in CT scan and it hardly increases the risk of cancer ..need not to worry about that .
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Dr. Bhaskar Bhuvan
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4 yrs exp
Visakhapatnam
Hi CT scan has radioactivity of 5 to 7 mSV. Currently still less radioactive CT scans has come. So the amount of exposure is very less. But if you repeated scans over a period of time the cumulative dose will add up. With the 2 scans the the risk of cancer is very very less and rare.
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avoid unnecessary scans until doctor recommend
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