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What cancers do 1 chest ct scan cause?
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Non: The potential for a cat scan of the chest causing cancer is non. One would need frequent scans to even be associated with cancer. Obviously in a very young patient, the tissue is more sensitive to radiation and as such radiation to the chest from mammograms are of no consequence in the patient over 50, but in a patient under 30 radiation exposure does put the patient at risk.
Answered 10/13/2020
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