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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Radiation risks to women undergoing cardiac computed tomography (CT) angiography


Researchers from the department of radiology and radiological sciences, medical university of South Carolina, estimate that the average cancer induction risk for in a cohort of 100 patients (60 men and 40 women) in their study was 0.13 percent. According to them, the radiation risk to women is 2,6 times more than that in men. 

The latest issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR 2011; 196:W159-W165) published the results

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