Medical imaging using computed tomography, CT scans, give patients large doses of external radiation that carry well-known risks of inducing cancers. Positron emission tomography or PET scans also involve relatively large external radiation doses, but have the additional risks of the internal radiation exposure from the “tracer” isotopes injected into the patient’s body. Always ask More

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