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Have had 5 ct scans in life and not even yet 40. at least 3 were frivolous. feel like i am guaranteed cancer from radiation. what's my risk now?
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Low but real: The lifetime attributable cancer mortality risk is 1.9 percent lifetime for 30 years of annual scans. Risk of developing cancer after 1 scan are 1/1000."Estimated radiation risks potentially associated with full-body CT screening." Brenner DJ, Elliston CD Radiology. 2004;232(3):735.
Answered 4/21/2018
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