Small increase in cancer risk following CT scans in childhood and adolescence

<P>Contact: Anne Rahilly<BR>arahilly@unimelb.edu.au<BR>61-390-355-380<BR>University of Melbourne <BR>
<P>Study leader, Professor John Mathews from the University of Melbourne said this small increase in cancer risk must be weighed against the undoubted benefits from CT scans in diagnosing and monitoring disease.</P>
<P>The study findings are reported in the British Medical Journal today and involved researchers at eight other centres in Australia,

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