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Article: CT scans may pose significant cancer risk
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- The Hindustan Times
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- November 29, 2007
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Washington, Nov. 29 -- It is a common belief that all radiological examinations are essentially harmless, however this isn't true for Computed Tomography (CT) scans as researchers have found that high doses of radiation from the test may increase the risk of developing cancer.
David J. Brenner, Ph.D., and Eric J. Hall, Ph.D., from the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University Medical Center, have argued that the potential carcinogenic effects from using CT scans, the diagnostic tool for providing a three-dimensional view of a particular organ or tissue, might be ignored. However, they said that this is of ...