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A member asked:

If i had kidney cancer, would it most likely show up on a ct scan even without contrast dye. they want to do another with dye. all other test neg.

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CT/contrast: will show most tumor growth quite well: MRI will confirm.

Answered 1/5/2019

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Hi.I had CT scan with dye and all blood test available(all perfect).What are the chances of having pancreas cancer?Thank you very much

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MRV/MRA w/contrast. Heard this contrast can cause kidney and whole-body damage. I have no kidney probs, but my dad died of kidney cancer. Will the contrast dye for this test hurt me? Is it usually safe?

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Good Day Doctor. What is Possibility of Getting Cancer from two CT Scans. I read that all CT scans cause Cancer and also the injected dye contrast during CT Scans cause blood Cancer after some years.How True. Thanks?

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Good Day Doctor. What is Possibility of Getting Cancer from two CT Scans. I read that all CT scans cause Cancer and also the injected dye contrast during CT Scans cause blood Cancer after some years.How True.. Thanks?

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I'm allergic to the contrast dye, but could a CT scan still detect bladder cancer?

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