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CFAH Staff | November 12, 2010
Slate picks up on news about the recent Lung Cancer CT Scan study, which was also covered by Gary Schwitzer and others, in this Explainer column: Full-Body Scam: Should you ask your doctor to CT scan you from head to toe?
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| Sarah Jorgenson says November 16, 2010 at 1:45 PM Tara Parker-Pope continues the conversation on the NYT Well Blog, "The Downside of a Cancer Study Extolling CT Scans," saying that â??cancer and screening experts are worried that the limited findings will be used by private screening centers to promote the test to a broader group than was studied.â?? This has the potential for excess unnecessary lung scans, exposing patients to risk and worry. http://tinyurl.com/2g7tnn9 |
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