Abstract
A CT Scan (#ComputedTomography) is the accepted “Gold Standard”
for #diagnosis, treatment planning as well as follow ups of almost
all bodily cancers. We, as oncologists, are so much engrossed
in prescribing CT’s that we fail to ponder upon the “radiation dose”
conferred by each scan to our patient. To contemplate, with each
scan, a patient receives anything between 18-34mGy of #radiation[1,2]. This ionizing radiation in itself is associated with its own
health hazards and even considered responsible for the development
of future cancers [1,2]. Berrington et al. [2] in their study of
CT Scans performed in the US, in one year, projected that nearly
30,000 future cancers were likely to occur, due to CT Scans done
in one year, with greater than 50% contribution from #Abdomino-Pelvic CT Scans [2].
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