Evaluation of the radiation dose exposure and associated cancer risks in patients having preoperative parathyroid localization.
CONCLUSIONS Multiphase CT is associated with a higher radiation dose and thus a higher potential risk of cancer, but this risk is low in the older population that constituted the majority of our cohort.
PMID: 28462644 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - Category: Surgery Authors: Moosvi SR, Smith S, Hathorn J, Groot-Wassink T Tags: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Source Type: research
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