Results of follow-up on patients examined using ct and msct in childhood and adolescencse

Fomin E.P., Osipov M.V., Babintseva N.A., Sinyak E.V.

Purpose. To assess the possibility of establishing a relationship between oncologic pathology and the exposure to ionizing radiation from computed tomography (CT) in childhood and adolescence. Materials and methods. The study was carried out retrospectively using cohort methodology; the source of the information was the Register of CT of Ozyorsk. Results. Over a 10-year of follow-up, 890 children living in Ozyorsk has been exposed to ionizing radiation from computed tomography at average dose of 1.7 mSv as a result of examination of the brain (81.5%), thorax and abdomen. 12 cases (1.3%) of malignant neoplasm were revealed. The average age of the examined was 10 years; the period from the moment of exposure to the end of follow-up was about 5 years. There were 9 deaths in the cohort, 4 of them from cancer. In all 4 cases diagnosis of cancer was already supposed before CT scans were performed. Conclusion. Although the result does not allow to draw a conclusion about radiation-induced excess mortality, further follow-up of the cohort is necessary, taking into account the long latency period of malignant neoplasms, as well as the already existing cases of oncological pathology.
1 - Central Medical Sanitary Unit 71 of FMBA RF. 2 - Southern Urals Biophysics Institute of FMBA RF. Ozyorsk, Russia.


 

 

 

 

 

 

Keywords:Fomin E.P., Osipov M.V., Babintseva N.A., Sinyak E.V.

 

Corresponding author:Osipov M.V., e-mail: Этот e-mail адрес защищен от спам-ботов, для его просмотра у Вас должен быть включен Javascript

 

For citation: Fomin E.P., Osipov M.V., Babintseva N.A., Sinyak E.V. Results of follow-up on patients examined using ct and msct in childhood and adolescencse. REJR 2018; 8(1):137-144. DOI:10.21569/2222-7415-2018-8-1-137-144.

Received: 15.02.2018 Accepted: 23.03.2018