CT radiation exposure and cancer risk: from knowing to acting

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, 27705, NC, USA. donald.frush@duke.edu.
² Paris Cité University, Paris, France.
³ Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁵ School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
⁶ Department Of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Editorial

Donald P Frush et al. Pediatr Radiol. 2024 Jul.

. 2024 Jul;54(8):1407-1409.

doi: 10.1007/s00247-024-05949-x. Epub 2024 May 16.

¹ Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, 27705, NC, USA. donald.frush@duke.edu.
² Paris Cité University, Paris, France.
³ Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁵ School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
⁶ Department Of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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Risk of hematological malignancies from CT radiation exposure in children, adolescents and young adults.
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