Interesting website here, to calculate risk of developing cancer following radiological procedures and tests.
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Interestingly, it is funded by GE, maker of a large portion of imaging technology.
I punched in the variables for a single series of foot/lower extremity plain films and the additional cancer risk was 0.000%. There was not, however, an option to select CT of the extremities, as this is perhaps the main area of contention with radiation dosing.
So, if we believe GE, a one-off foot/leg series will not add any significant risk to our patients.
Out of interest, I punched in 10 repeat series' for a 10 year old female, and this "additional cancer risk" was 0.003%.
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