How do you counsel eligible patients on lung cancer screening who are hesitant because of the cancer risk from CT scans?
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Radiation Oncology · UCLA | VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
This is simple. The risk of lung cancer in patients who have smoked for >20 years is orders of magnitude higher than the theoretical risk of medical X-ray-induced cancers from low-dose CT (LDCT) screening. A typical LDCT scan exposes patients to approximately 1.5 mSv of radiation, equivalent to abou...