[ RadSafe ] CT scans and cancer

[John Jacobus]

I am sure if risk, relative or not, is really
understood.  Otherwise, there would not be any state
lotteries.

--- Steven Dapra <sjd at swcp.com> wrote:

> November 29
> 
>          Good point, John.  Once again it shows how
> shallow the thinking is 
> on relative risk (and a lot of other important
> public policy topics).
> 
> Steven Dapra
> 
> 
> At 12:06 PM 11/29/07 -0800, Flood, John wrote:
> >The public debate on this and similar subjects
> seems to focus
> >exclusively on the perceived risk for the patient
> from exposure during
> >the test, but is silent on the subject of the risk
> to the patient from
> >not having the test.  How peculiarly one-sided.
> >
> >John R. (Bob) Flood
> >Radiological Health
> >Nevada Test Site
> >(702) 295-2514
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
> >Behalf Of Brennan, Mike (DOH)
> >Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:31 AM
> >To: radsafe at radlab.nl
> >Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] CT scans and cancer
> >
> >Did he speculate on how many of the people who
> might develop cancers
> >could have avoided that fate by dieing of something
> that could have been
> >prevented with the help of the information a CT
> could have provided?
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
> >Behalf Of Brunkow, Ward
> >Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 6:19 AM
> >To: Steven Dapra; radsafe at radlab.nl
> >Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] CT scans and cancer
> >
> >Our highly discussed issue here finally made the
> cable TV circuit this
> >morning with Dr. Sanjae Gupka (? Spelling), CNN
> Medical Expert. He
> >stated that CTs were suspected in 1-3% excess
> cancers.
> >
> >W. G. (Ward) Brunkow
> 
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"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." -- Sir Winston Churchill

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


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