Estimated Risks of Radiation-Induced Fatal Cancer from Pediatric CT

Abstract

The best available risk estimates suggest that pediatric CT will result in significantly increased lifetime radiation risk over adult CT, both because of the increased dose per milliampere-second, and the increased lifetime risk per unit dose. Lower milliampere-second settings can be used for children without significant loss of information. Although the risk-benefit balance is still strongly tilted toward benefit, because the frequency of pediatric CT examinations is rapidly increasing, estimates that quantitative lifetime radiation risks for children undergoing CT are not negligible may stimulate more active reduction of CT exposure settings in pediatric patients.

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MedicineAttributable riskCancerRelative riskNuclear medicineRadiation exposureEpidemiologyInternal medicineConfidence interval

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 176
Issue: 2
Pages: 289-296
Citations: 3194
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                                    David J. Brenner, 
                                
                                    Carl D. Elliston, 
                                
                                    Eric J. Hall
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            Estimated Risks of Radiation-Induced Fatal Cancer from Pediatric CT. 
                            American Journal of Roentgenology
                            , 176
                            (2)
                            , 289-296.
                            https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.176.2.1760289
                        

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DOI: 10.2214/ajr.176.2.1760289