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Transcript: Report Raises Questions About Safety of CT Scans
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ANDREA SEABROOK
NPR Weekend All Things Considered
12-01-2007
Report Raises Questions About Safety of CT Scans
Host: ANDREA SEABROOK
Time 19:00-20:00 PM
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ANDREA SEABROOK, host:
And now, a dustup among doctors. It was kicked off by a report in this week's New England Journal of Medicine about the hazards of CT scans. Columbia University researchers now warned that today's CT scans will cause some of tomorrow's cancers.
But cancer experts and radiologists are taking issue with that warning as NPR's Richard Knox reports.
RICHARD KNOX: The American Cancer Society's chief medical officer Dr. Otis Brawley is among those who were skeptical about the new report.
Dr. OTIS BRAWLEY ...
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