> Now if you do a scan every year for the next 20 years your chances go up to 1 in 130
Unless the article is wrong about the number of CT scans many people are getting, that's going to result is a huge number of avoidable cancer cases.
Unless the article is wrong about the number of CT scans many people are getting, that's going to result is a huge number of avoidable cancer cases.
From 'Physics for Future Presidents', they say it is commonly accepted that we have a 20% chance of DYING from cancer before calculating for outside influences. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6DBnS2g-KrQC&pg=PA98&lpg...
Let's say the average person does not get a CT scan every year for 20 years, but rather gets 5 scans over their lifetime. Those scans may detect an early stage of cancer, therefore saving the persons life.
They're risk of dying from cancer is approximately 20.2%. I suggest with the CT scan, their still coming out on top.