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Studies: CT scan overexposure triggers cancer risk
Photo credit: Newsday File / Karen Wiles Stabile | CT scan
Overexposure to radiation-rich CT scans could lead to thousands of new cancer diagnoses in the United States in the coming years, according to a pair of medical studies released Tuesday.
The two analyses, reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine, estimate for the first time the widespread public health risks from the popular tests.
One study suggests that for each year current scanners...
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