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If a ct scan radiation gonna cause a brain tumor how many years it will take for the tumor to appear from the radiation 3 years is enough?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Long time: Radiation induced cancer can have a very long lag time, even decades. You would need to have an extreme number of head cts to cause cancer, however. And in that case, radiation induced cataracts would still be far more likely than tumor.
Answered 6/5/2013
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Read more about it: To learn more about imaging and radiation, see: http://www.Conciergeradiologist.Com/ct-scan-radiation.Html and http://www.Conciergeradiologist.Com/radiation-exposure.Html. Properly indicated imaging studies represent, by definition, situations where the risks of radiation exposure are outweighed by the benefits to the patient. I wouldn't worry about ct scan radiation causing a brain tumor.
Answered 12/10/2013
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