[ RadSafe ] medical scans and risk

[John Jacobus]

He is not presenting a model at all.  Dr. Zanzonico is
comparing risks of having having or not having certain
medical tests involving radiation exposure.  He is
comparing statistical risks that lends itself to
patients concerns.  

--- parthasarathy k s <ksparth at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Friends,
> 
> HPS should have waited till  Dr. Zanzonico's model
> -calculations and  related arguments have been
> published in a peer- reviewed journal. There is no
> overwhelming evidence which supports any model other
> than LNT though the prescription of this model
> started as a convenient tool in radiological
> protection. The issue is unlikely to be settled
> soon.
> 
> Regards
> K.S.Parthasarathy
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "Brennan, Mike (DOH)"
> <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV>
> To: radsafe at radlab.nl
> Sent: Saturday, 1 December, 2007 3:14:21 AM
> Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] medical scans and risk
> 
> I completely agree with the conclusion in this
> piece, but I think that
> the net benefits are actually even higher when
> viewed in Life-Years
> lost, as many of the X-ray, CT, etc. procedures have
> a (theoretical)
> risk that is in the distant future (in the tens of
> years, often),
> whereas the life saving/improving benefit much
> sooner; in the several
>  of
> hours, in the case of trauma.  Hard to fit them on
> the same scale.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
> Behalf Of Stabin, Michael
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 8:42 AM
> To: radsafe at radlab.nl
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] medical scans and risk
> 
>  
> 
> Pat Zanzonico has provided a piece to this
> discussion that we have been
> waiting for a long time. See the link below.
> 
>  
> 
>
http://hps.org/hpspublications/articles/Benefitsofmedradexposures.html
> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
> Mike
> 
>  
> 
> Michael G. Stabin, PhD, CHP
> Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological
> Sciences Department
>  of
> Radiology and Radiological Sciences Vanderbilt
> University
> 1161 21st Avenue South
> Nashville, TN 37232-2675
> Phone (615) 343-0068
> Fax   (615) 322-3764
> e-mail     michael.g.stabin at vanderbilt.edu
> internet   www.doseinfo-radar.com
> <http://www.doseinfo-radar.com> 
> 
>  
> 
> "I am realistic -- I expect miracles." - Wayne Dyer
> 
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-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
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