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Had a cat scan of brain. aunt had a hemangioma a few years ago. no other tumors in family. what is the risk of this scan giving me brain cancer?
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Very very low: Brain tumors are not very heritable. Hemangiomas are not really brain tumors but actually tumors of the brain blood vessels and to my knowledge are not caused by radiation.
Answered 5/29/2016
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