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NIH Study Finds Childhood CT Scans Linked to Leukemia and Brain Cancer Later in Life

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012.  Children and young adults scanned multiple times by computed tomography (CT), a commonly used diagnostic tool, have a small increased risk of leukemia and brain tumors in the decade following their first scan. These findings are from a study of more than 175,000 children and young adults that was led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and at the Institute of Health…

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