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Please tell me, could mri or ct scan detect brain cancer?
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Yes: Any of those tests, particularly the mri, could detect cancer in the brain, be it one that started in the brain itself or one that came from elsewhere. Of course, no test is perfect and if the cancer is small enough, it might not be seen with either scan.
Answered 2/6/2014
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