Diagnostic x-ray exposure and thyroid cancer risk: systematic review and meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: The results of this meta-analysis indicates that diagnostic radiation exposure is associated with an increased thyroid cancer risk. Therefore, to the extent that it will not compromise the information being sought, radiation exposure to the thyroid should be minimized during diagnostic examinations. PMID: 29160170 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research