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> I don't mean they are dangerous But they are. CT uses pretty high doses, and each CT scan increases lifetime risk of cancer by order of magnitude 0.1%. CT sc
by ahartmetz 5y ago
> I don't mean they are dangerous
But they are. CT uses pretty high doses, and each CT scan increases lifetime risk of cancer by order of magnitude 0.1%. CT scans absolutely should not be done willy-nilly.
- posterboy 5y ago...increase by 0.1% on average, over the average a priori risk. If I didn't know I was a risk to begin with, I certainly won't care about a rounding error magnitude increase.