title: Tailored CT: primum non nocere.
abstract: Despite its vital diagnostic utility, the ionizing radiation used in CT is not benign. Patients have an increased risk of dying from a radiation-induced cancer for every pass through a CT scanner. One way to reduce this risk is to tailor CT, especially follow-up scans, to specific areas of concern. By doing so, we can help to minimize the small but real risk from this essential technology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Lenox Hill Hospital, 100 East 77th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA. elautin@yahoo.com
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Lautin
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Novick
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jean-Baptiste
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000009:adverse effects*