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Small cancer risk following CT scans in childhood confirmed

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New research has found a small increase in cancer risk following exposure to CT scans in children and young people.

The study used anonymised medical records for 11 million young Australians, including 680,000 who were exposed to CT scans between 1985 and 2005.

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