“We are giving ourselves cancer”: consequences of radiation from medical imaging

In a January 31st New York Times Op Ed, Drs. Rita Redberg and Rebecca Smith-Bindman of UCSF Medical Center report on how the increased uses of medical technologies for diagnosing, treating, and monitoring diseases like cancer, are contributing to unprecedented exposures to radiation. The authors calculate that as many as 3-5% of all future cancers may result from medical imaging. Read more and connect to the full opinion article here.