[ RadSafe ] Therapeutic CT

[garyi at trinityphysics.com]

Good story.  But, CT is dose + diagnostic exam, so it is "value 
added", whereas house burning is only good if your insurance is 
up to date and you don't get caught doing it yourself.  :)

About the study, if they were trying to show that early detection 
improved survival, why didn't they do PET instead of CT?  I 
thought PET was significantly better for detecting early stage 
cancer.

-Gary Isenhower

On 7 Nov 2010 at 16:25, Jerry Cohen wrote:

Assuming the reduced Ca incidence in CT recipients results 
from the increased radiation dose, it is somewhat silly to 
suggest use CT for CA prevention.An ancient rumor on how 
man came to eat roasted meat relates that ages ago, a man's 
home burned down with his pig inside. The burnt meat tasted 
better than the raw meat  they had previously consumed and so 
the practice of burning one's home with livestock inside became 
a widespread practice. In time, simpler methods of cooking 
meat evolved CT's are rather expensive and cumbersome. 
Accordingly, It might be much less expensive and easier to 
administer prophylacic radiation via xray or isotope irradiation.