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Do ct scans of the chest/ abdomen in teen males cause breast cancer?
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Dose dependent: The risk of cancer is related to the degree of radiation exposure. The dose from diagnostic ct scans is not insignificant, but keep in mind that you would have to have several to increase your risk even slightly. A recent study showed that ct scans in children can increase the risk of cancer (brain and leukemia), but the overall effect is small, translating into one additional cancer among 10000.
Answered 10/4/2016
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No: Breast cancer in males is relatively a rare disease. Moreover the radiation exposure from a ct scan is still a low dose specially with the use of high speed ct. The relationship between male breast cancer and ct scan is very low relative to the general population. I hope my answer was clear enough in addressing your question.
Answered 5/18/2016
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Unclear: The data is unclear on this. There is a radiation risk of having these exams.
Answered 9/28/2016
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