Medical Center and Hospital Radiation Exposure, Renewed Concerns
According to recently published studies, up to 2 percent of cancers could be related to the administration of diagnostic x-rays. There is a need to establish the benefit/risk balance for any of the commonly suggested CT screening techniques.
Various recently published studies about the relationship between low dose radiation and cancer fanned again the discussion about risk and benefits of modern diagnostic techniques and in particular Computer Tomography (CT). According to an article recently published in IMAGE (Marie H. Meynadier, Vol. 21, no. 10 - March 10, 2008), it is predictable that in a few decades up to 2 percent of cancers in the United States could be linked to the administration of diagnostic x-rays, even if the ability to monitor the increase in cancer related to radiation exposure will be very difficult as radiation-induced cancer can take up to 20 years to develop.