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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 17, 278-287, Copyright © 1967 by American Cancer Society

The Carcinogenic Hazards of Ionizing Radiation in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology

¹ Professor, Department of Radiology, and Chief, Radiation Therapy Division, University of California at Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.

Patients accept risks who undergo surgical operations and in taking drugs of various types. There should be no hesitancy of anyone having diagnostic X ray examinations or of accepting radiation therapy when indicated and properly administered.

Every possible effort is being made to improve radiation equipment, technics, and the education of physicians and technicians using such equipment to further reduce the amount of radiation exposure to the population.

Although there are carcinogenic hazards which may result from the use of ionizing radiation in diagnostic and therapeutic radiology, when the radiation is used under proper conditions the potential hazards are exceedingly minimal.