Doubts cast on dental x-ray brain tumour scare
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Serious doubts have been cast, on both sides of the Atlantic on a US study which claimed that there was a link between patient-reported incidence of having bitewings taken and an increased risk of developing meningioma, a brain tumour. The findings were reported in the journal Cancer, but there accuracy and relevance has been questioned by experts in both the USA and the UK. They do not justify the scare-story headlines put out by the media in both countries. |
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