title: Ask the doctor.  I always worry about cancer risks when I have x-rays or airport screenings.  Am I overreacting?
authors.forename: Anthony L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Komaroff
mesh_terms: D059028:Airports; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000009:adverse effects; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012637:Security Measures; D014481:United States; D051598:Whole Body Imaging / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014965:X-Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*