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- Title
Pediatric computed tomography scans: Weighing the risks and benefits: A new study suggests that computed tomography-related radiation may increase the risk of brain tumors, but the conversation, physicians say, is complex-and far from settled.
- Authors
Printz, Carrie
- Abstract
The article evaluates Pediatric Computed Tomography Scans in medical imaging. Topics discussed include development of brain tumors is effect of radiation exposure in children; obtaining cancer incidence by the Netherlands patients through undergone the scans in1979 and 2012; and views of the University of Texas executive, John de Groot, MD, on risk factor for brain tumor development by radiation.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; NETHERLANDS; UNITED States; PEDIATRIC diagnostic imaging; COMPUTED tomography; EMISSION tomography equipment; BRAIN tumor risk factors; RADIATION injuries in children; BRAIN tumors; DOSE-response relationship (Radiation); RADIATION doses; RISK assessment
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 2019, Vol 125, Issue 2, p171
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/cncr.31947