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Is it safe to have a mammogram if i might be a few days pregnant? had one two days ago but, trying to conceive & the few days b4 mammogram were trying
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Yes: From the American Association of Physicists in Medicine(aapm.org): "It is safe to have a mammogram while pregnant. The radiation dose received by the fetus is estimated to be extremely small - 60 times less than the dose received by the patient from one month of background radiation."
Answered 2/5/2016
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