[ RadSafe ] Article: Radiation oncology saves lives, but

[John Jacobus]

Luke,
Actually, most diagnostic exams are below, and very
much below, 10 mSv. 
http://hps.org/hpspublications/articles/dosesfrommedicalradiation.html

The article is referring to machine output, or air
kerma.  Again, the effective dose is want should be
considered.  

--- "Mccormick, Luke I" <luke.mccormick at dhs.gov>
wrote:

> 
> Interesting that the medicos are saying this about
> doses less than 0.01 Gy.
> Also interesting that a routine diagnostic exam is
> listed at 0.01 Gy
> 
> While research has not conclusively found a concrete
>        link between radiation dose and cancer risk,
> Suit said
>        that one thing is clear -- radiation
> exposure, except
>        at low dose levels (0.01 Gy for a routine
> diagnostic
>        x-ray exam), is known to heighten cancer
> risk.
> 
> 


+++++++++++++++++++
>From an article about physicians doing clinical studies: 

"It was just before an early morning meeting, and I was really trying to get to the bagels, but I couldn't help overhearing a conversation between one of my statistical colleagues and a surgeon.

Statistician: "Oh, so you have already calculated the P value?"

Surgeon: "Yes, I used multinomial logistic regression."

Statistician: "Really? How did you come up with that?"

Surgeon: "Well, I tried each analysis on the SPSS drop-down menus, and that was the one that gave the smallest P value"."

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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