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Article: Benefit-risk ratio of radiation exposure still should be large for older women.
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- February 25, 2003
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2003 FEB 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "The potential radiation hazards associated with routine screening mammography, in terms of breast cancer induction, are discussed in the context of the potential benefits.
"The very low energy X-rays used in screening mammography (26-30 kVp) are expected to be more hazardous, per unit dose, than high-energy X- or gamma-rays, such as those to which A-bomb survivors (from which radiation risk estimates are derived) were exposed," wrote D.J. Brenner and coauthors, Columbia University, Center for Radiological Research.
The researchers concluded: "Based on in ...