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A lot of doctors that I transcribe for are telling their patients as old as 18 not to get any kind of radiology done that they might not need because of the risk of cancer later in life. When my son was 1 he fell down the basement stairs and the doctor had told me this, but also told me that the risk was very small and that it is better to know than not to know. I think that CTs, X-rays, etc. are good things. I have heard of so many stories where the person goes in for a CT for a broken bone or something and they find something else that saved their life. It just got me to thinking about how other people might feel for radiology testing on younger kids (under 18).
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