Estimated radiation exposure and cancer risk from CT and PET/CT scans in patients with lymphoma

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1011-1015

  Guttikonda, Ravi ^a,c   Herts, Brian R ^a,b   Dong, Frank ^a   Baker, Mark E ^a,b   Fenner, Kathleen B ^b   Pohlman, Brad ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lymphoma; Neoplasms; Positron emission tomography; Radiation; Radiation induced

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX; WHOLE BODY PET; BODY BURDEN; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ABSORPTION, RADIATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OHIO; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84899954243     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.02.015     Document Type: Article

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