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I have p.e can u get cancer in the lungs or anywhere else if you have constant ct scans?

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CT scans: Yes, ct scans provide a significant amount of radiation (1-3 rads) per scan. Remy-jardin and colleagues explained in a 1999 article in the journal radiology that ct scans are not risk free!

Answered 12/30/2012

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Perhaps the chance : Of getting cancer from a ct scan is in the range of 1/ 10-100, 00. So your risk would be 6/10, -100, 000. If you did not hae the ct's, your team would not know how to treat your pulmonary problem. Forget the cancer risk and get well.

Answered 3/12/2020

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