Diagnostics

New diagnostics study findings have been reported by scientists at University of California

Published in Cancer Weekly, February 2nd, 2010

"Use of computed tomography (CT) for diagnostic evaluation has increased dramatically over the past 2 decades. Even though CT is associated with substantially higher radiation exposure than conventional radiography, typical doses are not known," scientists in the United States report.

"We sought to estimate the radiation dose associated with common CT studies in clinical practice and quantify the potential cancer risk associated with these examinations. We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study describing radiation dose associated with the I I most common types of diagnostic CT studies performed on 1119 consecutive adult patients at 4 San Francisco Bay Area...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-02-02)

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