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TIL a CT scan exposes you to about 100x the radiation of a chest x-ray, while a PET scan exposes you to about 250x as much.
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TIL Cancer was discovered around 3,000 BC, and a papyrus depicts tumors and describes a surgical procedure for removing them. The disease was first named by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. He described tumors as "karkinos," which is Greek for "crab."
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TIL that the human papillomavirus (HPV) can cause penile, anal and mouth/throat cancer in men in addition to cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancer in women