Can your tattoos cause a mistaken cancer diagnosis?

Can your tattoos cause a mistaken cancer diagnosis?

In our culture, tattoos have become quite the norm.  Whether small and discrete, or full sleeves that are hard not to notice, tattoos have become a common form of self-expression.  But what if your tattoos give you a false positive diagnosis for metastatic cancer?  For one California woman, this nightmare became a reality in 2012 during a PET scan that was meant to stage the severity of her cervical cancer diagnosis. 

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