title: Call for Implementing a Radiation Protection Culture in Fluoroscopically Guided Interventional Procedures.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to discuss the first prospective study published to date that followed a large cohort of radiologic technologists; the authors examined the risks of cancer incidence and mortality in U.S. radiologic technologists (radiographers) assisting in fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is an urgent need for implementing a radiation protection culture for medical procedures that use ionizing radiation.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Meir Medical Center, 59 Tshernihovsky St, Kfar Saba 44281, Israel.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bartal
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Interventional Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roguin
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Medical Imaging & Radiotherapy, IPC-ESTESC, Coimbra Health School, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Graciano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paulo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: brain; breast; cancer; fluoroscopically guided interventions; interventional radiology; radiation protection