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If a patient is considered at highrisk for cancer and is already under the care of an oncologist.should a low grade ct scan be recommended ?
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Clarify: Something's not right here. If a person is under an oncologist's care, he/she almost certainly has a cancer diagnosis. If the quest is for a recurrence, whatever imaging modality seems most appropriate to the health care provider is in order. Most recurrences are seen easily enough on today's inexpensive computer-based imaging.
Answered 3/30/2014
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