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I have wondered if any of us has/will get cancer from all the full

body xrays we've had over the years. Maybe that's being " saved " for

our 60's and 70's!! Acckk!

" SB " <bahadreama@...> wrote: oh, terrific. I have had at least 4 this

year.

" Judy " <anthonyjudy@> wrote: ...did anyone read the Washington

Post article on CT scans? There's a movement to try to limit them

because of the high dose of radiation... if anyone is interested, I'll

post a link.

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Hi ...

The radiation exposure you’ve had in your lifetime probably almost doubles your risk of breast cancer:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Retrieve & dopt=AbstractPlus & list_uids=10954636 & query_hl=2 & itool=pubmed_docsum

Breast cancer mortality after diagnostic radiography: findings from the U.S. Scoliosis Cohort Study.

* Morin Doody M,

* Lonstein JE,

* Stovall M,

* Hacker DG,

* Luckyanov N,

* Land CE.

Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. doodym@...

STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in 5573 female patients with scoliosis who were referred for treatment at 14 orthopedic medical centers in the United States. Patients were less than 20 years of age at diagnosis which occurred between 1912 and 1965. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate patterns in breast cancer mortality among women with scoliosis, with special emphasis on risk associated with diagnostic radiograph exposures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: A pilot study of 1030 women with scoliosis revealed a nearly twofold statistically significant increased risk for incident breast cancer. Although based on only 11 cases, findings were consistent with radiation as a causative factor. METHODS: Medical records were reviewed for information on personal characteristics and scoliosis history. Diagnostic radiograph exposures were tabulated based on review of radiographs, radiology reports in the medical records, radiograph jackets, and radiology log books. Radiation doses were estimated for individual examinations. The mortality rate of the cohort through January 1, 1997, was determined by using state and national vital statistics records and was compared with that of women in the general U. S. population. RESULTS: Nearly 138,000 radiographic examinations were recorded. The average number of examinations per patient was 24.7 (range, 0-618); mean estimated cumulative radiation dose to the breast was 10.8 cGy (range, 0-170). After excluding patients with missing information, 5466 patients were included in breast cancer mortality analyses. Their mean age at diagnosis was 10.6 years and average length of follow-up was 40.1 years. There were 77 breast cancer deaths observed compared with the 45.6 deaths expected on the basis of U.S. mortality rates (standardized mortality ratio [sMR] = 1.69; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.3-2.1). Risk increased significantly with increasing number of radiograph exposures and with cumulative radiation dose. The unadjusted excess relative risk per Gy was 5.4 (95% CI = 1.2-14.1); when analyses were restricted to patients who had undergone at least one radiographic examination, the risk estimate was 2.7 (95% CI = -0. 2-9.3). CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that exposure to multiple diagnostic radiographic examinations during childhood and adolescence may increase the risk of breast cancer among women with scoliosis; however, potential confounding between radiation dose and severity of disease and thus with reproductive history may explain some of the increased risk observed.

I also think we do need to be very concerned about our risks from CT scans, as well as from fluoroscopy tests and procedures like steroid injections, discograms, and facet blocks. With that said, I’m not sure I’d ever turn down one of these tests or procedures, if I felt there was a good chance that it would improve the quality of my life.

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(On 2/3/07 8:37 AM, " martystarks " <mstar2@...> wrote:

I have wondered if any of us has/will get cancer from all the full

body xrays we've had over the years. Maybe that's being " saved " for

our 60's and 70's!! Acckk!

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Dear Marty,

I refuse X-Rays now unless I have a problem. Kumar won't take x-rays of me anymore unless I have a problem. He and I agree I " Glow in the dark" and unless an x-ray is absolutely necessary, why push it. I read somewhere that scoliosis patients from our timetable have a slightly higher breast cancer rate, wish I could remember where.

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I have wondered if any of us has/will get cancer from all the full body xrays we've had over the years. Maybe that's being "saved" for our 60's and 70's!! Acckk!"SB" <bahadreama@...> wrote: oh, terrific. I have had at least 4 this year."Judy " <anthonyjudy@> wrote: ...did anyone read the Washington Post article on CT scans? There's a movement to try to limit them because of the high dose of radiation... if anyone is interested, I'll post a link.

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--your response makes me chuckle, because I say the SAME THING

to people that " I've had so many X-rays in my life that I glow in the

dark " LOL!

Carol

...did anyone read the

Washington

> Post article on CT scans? There's a movement to try to limit them

> because of the high dose of radiation... if anyone is interested,

I'll

> post a link.

>

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Hi , ,

About radiation exposure: I mentioned it to one of my docs a while ago and the answer was something like, well, you've had no choice. I agree. No sense crying over spilled milk. I'll just keep my fingers crossed.

Bonnie

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Hi ...The radiation exposure you’ve had in your lifetime probably almost doubles your risk of breast cancer:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Retrieve & dopt=AbstractPlus & list_uids=10954636 & query_hl=2 & itool=pubmed_docsumBreast cancer mortality after diagnostic radiography: findings from the U.S. Scoliosis Cohort Study. * Morin Doody M, * Lonstein JE, * Stovall M, * Hacker DG, * Luckyanov N, * Land CE.Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. doodymepndce (DOT) nci.nih.govSTUDY DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in 5573 female patients with scoliosis who were referred for treatment at 14 orthopedic medical centers in the United States. Patients were less than 20 years of age at diagnosis which occurred between 1912 and 1965. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate patterns in breast cancer mortality among women with scoliosis, with special emphasis on risk associated with diagnostic radiograph exposures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: A pilot study of 1030 women with scoliosis revealed a nearly twofold statistically significant increased risk for incident breast cancer. Although based on only 11 cases, findings were consistent with radiation as a causative factor. METHODS: Medical records were reviewed for information on personal characteristics and scoliosis history. Diagnostic radiograph exposures were tabulated based on review of radiographs, radiology reports in the medical records, radiograph jackets, and radiology log books. Radiation doses were es I also think we do need to be very concerned about our risks from CT scans, as well as from fluoroscopy tests and procedures like steroid injections, discograms, and facet blocks. With that said, I’m not sure I’d ever turn down one of these tests or procedures, if I felt there was a good chance that it would improve the quality of my life.Regards, (On 2/3/07 8:37 AM, "martystarks" <mstar2@...> wrote:

I have wondered if any of us has/will get cancer from all the full body xrays we've had over the years. Maybe that's being "saved" for our 60's and 70's!! Acckk!"

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I lost count how many x-rays I've had when I was 18.... however, I do remember

being told that they use a lower dose of radiation exposure and quicker speed

film for scoliosis x-rays because they don't need as sharp of details for the

bones. I don't know about the more specific ones for revision though, that need

to look at the details of the discs more closely. Too funny about the " glow " -

I used to say that too....and I'm quite a pro now, as they rarely need to be

redone because of my breathing wrecking the films. Like on a previous post, I

really didn't have much choice about not having them.

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>

> From: bonnie@...

> Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 19:54:58 -0500

> Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Solid Fusion - Radiation from CT, XRays

>

> Hi , ,

> About radiation exposure: I mentioned it to one of my docs a while ago and

the answer was something like, well, you've had no choice. I agree. No sense

crying over spilled milk. I'll just keep my fingers crossed.

> Bonnie

> Re: [ ] Re: Solid Fusion - Radiation from CT, XRays

> Hi ...

> The radiation exposure you’ve had in your lifetime probably almost doubles

your risk of breast cancer:

>

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Retrieve & dopt=Abstra\

ctPlus & list_uids=10954636 & query_hl=2 & itool=pubmed_docsum

> Breast cancer mortality after diagnostic radiography: findings from the U.S.

Scoliosis Cohort Study.

> * Morin Doody M,

> * Lonstein JE,

> * Stovall M,

> * Hacker DG,

> * Luckyanov N,

> * Land CE.

> Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes

of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. doodym@...

> STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in 5573 female

patients with scoliosis who were referred for treatment at 14 orthopedic medical

centers in the United States. Patients were less than 20 years of age at

diagnosis which occurred between 1912 and 1965. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate patterns

in breast cancer mortality among women with scoliosis, with special emphasis on

risk associated with diagnostic radiograph exposures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND

DATA: A pilot study of 1030 women with scoliosis revealed a nearly twofold

statistically significant increased risk for incident breast cancer. Although

based on only 11 cases, findings were consistent with radiation as a causative

factor. METHODS: Medical records were reviewed for information on personal

characteristics and scoliosis history. Diagnostic radiograph exposures were

tabulated based on review of radiographs, radiology reports in the medical

records, radiograph jackets, and radiology log books. Radiation doses were es

> I also think we do need to be very concerned about our risks from CT scans, as

well as from fluoroscopy tests and procedures like steroid injections,

discograms, and facet blocks. With that said, I’m not sure I’d ever turn down

one of these tests or procedures, if I felt there was a good chance that it

would improve the quality of my life.

> Regards,

>

> (On 2/3/07 8:37 AM, " martystarks " wrote:

> I have wondered if any of us has/will get cancer from all the full

> body xrays we've had over the years. Maybe that's being " saved " for

> our 60's and 70's!! Acckk!

> "

>

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Did I tell y'all that on my way back to the US from the Bahamas in

December, the electronic reader at US Immigration wouldn't read my

passport. The guy at the desk asked if I had had a heart stress test.

Why yes, I did about two weeks earlier. He said I was radioactive --

they have radioactivity detectors on their counters.

>

> --your response makes me chuckle, because I say the SAME THING

> to people that " I've had so many X-rays in my life that I glow in the

> dark " LOL!

>

> Carol

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While there may be nothing we can do about our radiation exposure, we can be proactive in doing all we can to ensure early detection - mammos, self-exams, paps, etc. I do think about it sometimes, especially because I've had surgery for hypertrophic renal arteries, and that involved multiple IVP's and regular rads. But, since I've had a hysterectomy, at least that's one less organ to be afflicted. So everybody, if it's been more than a year since your annuals, make that appointment!! Kathy W. Bonnie <bonnie@...> wrote: Hi , , About radiation exposure: I mentioned it to one of my docs a while ago and the answer was something like, well, you've had no choice. I agree. No sense crying over spilled milk. I'll just keep my fingers crossed. Bonnie Re: [ ] Re: Solid Fusion - Radiation from CT, XRays Hi ...The radiation exposure you’ve had in your lifetime probably almost doubles your risk of breast cancer: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Retrieve & dopt=AbstractPlus & list_uids=10954636 & query_hl=2 & itool=pubmed_docsumBreast cancer mortality after diagnostic radiography: findings from the U.S. Scoliosis Cohort Study. * Morin Doody M, * Lonstein JE, * Stovall

M, * Hacker DG, * Luckyanov N, * Land CE.Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. doodymepndce (DOT) nci.nih.govSTUDY DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in 5573 female patients with scoliosis who were referred for treatment at 14 orthopedic medical centers in the United States. Patients were less than 20 years of age at diagnosis which occurred between 1912 and 1965. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate patterns in breast cancer mortality among women with scoliosis, with special emphasis on risk associated with diagnostic radiograph exposures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: A pilot study of 1030 women with scoliosis revealed a nearly twofold statistically significant increased risk for incident breast cancer. Although based on only 11 cases, findings were consistent with radiation as a causative factor.

METHODS: Medical records were reviewed for information on personal characteristics and scoliosis history. Diagnostic radiograph exposures were tabulated based on review of radiographs, radiology reports in the medical records, radiograph jackets, and radiology log books. Radiation doses were es I also think we do need to be very concerned about our risks from CT scans, as well as from fluoroscopy tests and procedures like steroid injections, discograms, and facet blocks. With that said, I’m not sure I’d ever turn down one of these tests or procedures, if I felt there was a good chance that it would improve the quality of my life.Regards, (On 2/3/07 8:37 AM, "martystarks" <mstar2@...> wrote: I have wondered

if any of us has/will get cancer from all the full body xrays we've had over the years. Maybe that's being "saved" for our 60's and 70's!! Acckk!"

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