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What are the chances of getting lung cancer from one chest ct scan? i had one chest ct scan month ago and i m worried about cancer risk.

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None!: You cannot get cancer from one routine ct scan. It takes more than dozens of ct scans over a life time, even then it is rare to have this problem. Otherwise we will be foolish doing ct scans on people in order to help them!

Answered 4/22/2014

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