Radiation Risks and Pediatric Computed Tomography (CT): A Guide for Health Care Providers
- Kind
- Internet Article
- Date
- June 7, 2012
- Retrieved
- Mar 14, 2016
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One in 1,000 to 500 Chance of Cancer from Childhood CT Scan
The first study to assess directly the risk of cancer after CT scans in childhood found a clear dose-response relationship for both leukemia and brain tumors: risk increased with increasing cumulative radiation dose. For a cumulative dose of between 50 and 60 milligray or mGy (mGy is a unit of estimated absorbed dose…