Are there concerns about the risks from CT related to the rapid increase in its use? What effect will research and evidence of cancer risk from CT have on the growing number of scans? Are patients and medical professionals at risk of exposure? IIP > read on here… …The widespread use of CT represents probably [...]
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Evidence of cancer risk from 62 million computed tomography CT scans Americans receive each year > Increasing Source of Radiation Exposure > CT scans implicated in 2% of cancers > Review article New England Journal of Medicine > Columbia University Center for Radiological Research > Evidence reasonably convincing for adults > Very convincing for children
Monday, January 19, 2009
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