Posted on 12/14/2009 6:26:49 PM PST by Steelfish
15,000 Will Die From CT Scans Done In 1 Year Scans have higher levels of radiation than thought, researchers say
Dec. 14: According to new reports in the Archives of Internal Medicine, radiation exposure from commonly performed CT scans may contribute to thousands of future cancer cases. NBC's Robert Bazell reports.
Dec . 14, 2009 CHICAGO - Radiation from CT scans done in 2007 will cause 29,000 cancers and kill nearly 15,000 Americans, researchers said Monday.
The findings, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, add to mounting evidence that Americans are overexposed to radiation from diagnostic tests, especially from a specialized kind of X-ray called a computed tomography, or CT, scan.
"What we learned is there is a significant amount of radiation with these CT scans, more than what we thought, and there is a significant number of cancers," said Dr. Rita Redberg, editor of the Archives of Internal Medicine, where the studies were published.
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I have CT scans once every two years. If I survive the original disease, I’ll let you guys know about the possible cancer. LOL
Exactly.
No way they can gather this data cleanly and make such bold accusations. There is totally a cohort design problem with this.
And it definitely fits with BHO:
Take your tonsils out? Maybe its just allergies?
Ever thought of that doctor?
Orange Tabby’s cause Leukemia.
35,000 Canadian Women killed by cats each year!!!
Newspapers never lie, and data doesnt need to be released. Just clap your hands and believe.
Yup, first thought I had, too. God help us.
The dose from them is pretty high.
A general X-Ray is typically a 40 to 60 micro-grey dose.
The exam exposure lasts for 30 to 500 milliseconds.
A CT lasts for 1 minute to 3 minutes or more. So it is a large total dose. But the need for such an exam typically outweighs the radiation risk. This applies to all radiography.
With PET scans they use this flouro-glucose that is highly radioactive. But, cancer absorbs the glucose at a different rate than normal tissue, and thus such a scan, while posing certain risks, is the least of your health concerns.
MRI is pumped with microwave RF.
Nuclear Medicine is for function studies like cardiology. So, is the dose from a little Technetium worth having a heart attack by not knowing.
In life nothing is free. And modern medicine is based on the advances in the ability to do ever more complicated exams before cutting the patient with a knife yeilding much better outcomes for the patient
So don’t worry. Nothing is going to happen to you as a result of your CT scan
THe article came from MSNBC
Looks like a farewell kick from MSNBC to GE Medical Systems.
More news in order to deny services under 0bama care.
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Bingo, and the MRI you underwent does seem to have become the diagnostic test of choice.
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“Savings” will pay for Abominablecare!
Obviously, we need to rely on dowsing rods, oh, and euthanasia. :’)
[Savings will pay for Abominablecare!]
Yep, can’t cost them anything when you’re dead!
Agree fully; my very first thought exactly when I heard it today on the radio.
It’s about risk vs benefit. Sure there is a radiation exposure, but if you don’t get a CT, your condition is not diagnosed, and you die, it doesn’t matter how much radiation you were spared.
I suspect many more reports like this to be coming out in the future...
There have been several improvements in the care and treatment of RCC that lessen the need for so many sets of scans, imho, so my onc and I decided to cut back to 1 scan every 6 months for now...but geez I've had a BUNCH of scans in the last 4 years. Probably 25 or more.
No...one won’t do anything. Cancer patients get many scans...they’re the ones at risk.
More crap I don’t believe for a second.
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Terminalcare
Minimalcare and scare.
Or for insurance purposes, something to point to in court. Defensive medicine, in other words.
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