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Study finds that children who have had CT scans are at higher risk for brain cancer and leukemia

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6/8/12 at 7:52pm
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http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2960815-0/abstract

DH heard this on NPR yesterday. DD has had three CT scans greensad.gif.

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6/8/12 at 8:13pm

Sorry she has had to deal with that. 3x risk does sound scary but it looks like it is still a *very* low risk overall with 2 cases in 10,000. 

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