- The Archives of Internal Medicine recently published a research study that states, " An estimated 1 and 270 women who underwent CT coronary angiography at the age of 40 will develop cancer from at CT scan."
- Based on the highest effective dose we observed 20-year-old women who underwent a CT for suspected pulmonary embolism, a CT coronary angiography, or a multihanse abdomen and pelvis CT scan could have a associated increased risk of developing cancer as high as 1 in 80.
- Example: There was a study done on the amount of radiation received by a subgroup of atomic- bomb survivors who then experienced a significant increase in cancer risk. The mean dose of this group recieved approximately similar to the dose patients recieve from 2 or 3 CT sans.
- Anyone who received a CT scan will have a risk.
References:
Brenner, D. J., & Hall, P. D. (2007). Computed tomography- an increasing source of
radiation exposure. The New England Journal of Medicine, 357, 2277-2284.
Smith-Bindman, R., Lipson, J., Marcus, R., Kim, K., Mahesh, M., Gould, R.,
Berrington de Gonzalez, A., & Miglioretti, D.L. (2009). Radiation dose associated with common computed tomography examinations and the associated lifetime attributable risk of cancer. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169(22), 2078-2086.
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