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Caused by exposures to radiation. do you have a concern about that? >> reporter: well, i dont have concern about the levels theyre finding now. they put it in -- heres the context they put it in for the milk. if you drank one glass of this milk every day for an entire year, it would be the equivalent amount of radiation of getting one ct scan. so its not that much radiation. but the fact is, that people would still worry about that, and japans food exports are going to be not sought by many coun...

To the public. nbcs erica edwards has more. >> reporter: even when surgery, chemotherapy and radiation effectively cure cancer patients, survivors often have lingering questions. >> is someone truly cured or are there a few cells five to ten laters might come back and start to grow. >> reporter: this doctor is a lung cancer expert. hes one of many around the country scheduled to begin clinical trials on a blood test predicted to detect a single cancer cell still circulating in the body after tre...

Heres dr. richard carmona, former surgeon gen rap, talking about her prognosis and about some feeling of optimism. >> she has a very severe wound. hes cautiously optimistic there is a possibility she can survive. make no mistake, this is going to take a little while to see how she does after her surgery. she could need more surgery. there are lots of complications that occur with problems like this, and so you know, shes in our thoughts and our prayers, and were all hoping the best for her. but ...

To 20 shots. loughner is in federal custody right now. arizona congresswomangabrielle giffords is lying in a hospital bed. officials say she was the target. she was hit by one bullet who tore through her brain. heres dr. carmona on staff at the hospital in tucson. >> she has a very severe wound but hes cautiously optimistic there is a possibility she could survive. make no mistake, this is going to take a little while to see how she does after her surgery. she could need more surgery and lots of...

Chest x-ray or ct scan but typically this is something just undetected, anderson, until something tragic like this happens. >> he was a close friend and confidante to secretary of state hillary clinton. what does this mean moving forward in terms of the war in afghanistan in terms of diplomacy in pakistan or afghanistan? >> he was the architect of that afpac strategy as its called. looking at the region, not just afghanistan or pakistan but a combination. youd have to say that that policy really...

They have a problem is unfortunately something like this where you get the dissection and the tear. they may not have had any problem with it in the past. if they have whats known as an aneurysm, thats when the aorta starts to get big because the walls are weak and the aneurysm starts to get boggy. you can see that sometimes on a chest x-ray or ct scan but typically this is something thats just undetected until something tragic like this happens. >> jill, weighs a close friend and can have danlt...

The aorta. and then blood sort of starts seeping into the wall of the aorta. >> why does it tear? >> its unclear for sure. there are a couple of main risk factors. one is hypertension, high blood pressure. and that high blood pressure over time can sort of erode the inner layer of the aorta. sometimes people may have a genetic predisposition because the tissue is not as strong as well in that area but usually that hypertension is sort of the main cull plit. >> is it something that can be caught ...

In older adults. 99% of the time these are noncancerous and nonspreading. they will try to figure out its location by perform a ct scan or mri. they may talk to an endrocrynologist. what happens if these are untreated? several things can happen. hyper hypertension, diabetes, this has to be evaluated. when youre talking specifically about the treatments. about half of these tumors roughly will need surgical removal. the otherscan be treated with medication. sometimes you get both. certainly you w...