http://tomographyblog.com/2009/05/21/radiation-and-cancer/ Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:44:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://tomographyblog.com/2009/05/21/radiation-and-cancer/#comment-9557 mattresses Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:28:53 +0000 http://tomographyblog.com/?p=864#comment-9557 I'd say that patients still are often not given information about the risks associated with CT scan, as was quoted in the 2004 reference. I had a CT done last year and asked the technician about any effects of exposure. I was a little surprised to hear her say, 'no, there is no risk at all, this is a low dose', didn't sound right, there is probably always some risk. I didn't pursue it, as I've had very few CT's or X-rays done in my life. Still it was a little troubling that the tech didn't seem fully educated in the matter. I’d say that patients still are often not given information about the risks associated with CT scan, as was quoted in the 2004 reference. I had a CT done last year and asked the technician about any effects of exposure. I was a little surprised to hear her say, ‘no, there is no risk at all, this is a low dose’, didn’t sound right, there is probably always some risk. I didn’t pursue it, as I’ve had very few CT’s or X-rays done in my life. Still it was a little troubling that the tech didn’t seem fully educated in the matter.

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