Committee warns of risk of private computed tomography  

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Kmietowicz, Zosia

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 336 no. 7634 (Jan. 2008), page 14.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2008.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Private clinics should stop offering whole body computed tomography scans to people who are without symptoms, because of a lack of evidence that the benefits outweigh the risks, the UK’s radiation watchdog has said. In its report the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment also says that computed tomography should not be used to check for lung cancer, because there is no evidence of benefit. In addition, anyone who presents with any symptoms that may indicate a serious condition should be referred back to their GP rather than be offered a scan. The committee is concerned about the increasing amount of radiation that people are being exposed to. It estimates that in the United Kingdom 15% of an individual’s exposure comes from medical sources; and although the average dose of radiation exposure was falling in the 1990s, it is likely to increase in the future as technology . . .

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