As is commonly known, radiological protection of paediatric and pregnant patients
exposed to medical diagnostic and therapeutic radiation has always received special
attention. This is because children, embryos and foetuses have higher radiation sensitivities,
and they exhibit an increased likelihood of developing radiation-induced cancer over
their lives compared with people who are exposed to radiation as adults [
1
,
2
]. Considering the potential risk of stochastic effects (i.e., incurring cancer or
heritable effects) in children, the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) and
the ICRP (International Commission on Radiological Protection) have paid particular
attention to medical radiation exposure in children.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Published online: May 14, 2012
Received:
September 19,
2011
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- In regard to: Letter to the Editor “The impact of early life exposure to diagnostic and therapeutic radiation on childhood cancer risk”. Phys Med 2013 29, 221–223Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical PhysicsVol. 30Issue 1
- PreviewWe read with great interest the recent letter submitted by Ju et al. on the impact of early life radiation on childhood cancer risk [1]. This important subject merits more attention and we applaud the authors for their efforts. However, we would like to point out an important aspect that did not receive sufficient attention in that letter: the impact of radiotherapy technique on potential future secondary cancers.
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