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What do patients think of radiation exposure in medicine, for diagnostics and treatment? do patients get scared?
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No if informed: If patients are informed properly , they will not 'get scared'. First the amount of radiation exposure in diagnostic test is negligible you get more by going to beach. During treatment precise , focused dose will be given with out damage to surrounding tissue, equipment also getting advanced.
Answered 3/26/2013
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