A retired Bureau field agent with years of experience and a Sniper Cannon on his shoulder, here to help 73-6. Is most likely the one who made 73-6 want to leave the Bureau as he slipped a strange disk into his tank when he was being revived for the 6th time.
A. Small cell lung cancer is a serious disease that requires aggressive treatment and close monitoring of the response to the medicines is justified. Under these circumstances, the amount of radiation obtained by routine diagnostic CT scans is justified, say 1 scan every 3 months for a year or two.
2.What is the risk to health from quarterly CT scans of the chest/abdomen/pelvis over many years? In general, the dose of CT (or any medical radiation, such as an x-ray) is cumulative. That is, 4 examinations at 5.0 mSv each done over three years is the equivalent of 20 mSv of dose (4x5=20).This is accumulated over the lifetime. Similarly, if quarterly abdominal CT scans (at 10 mSv each) were given for 5 years, the cumulative dose would be 4x10x5 mSv = 200 mSv. 3.hat is, 4 examinations at 5.0 mSv each done over three years is the equivalent of 20 mSv of dose (4x5=20). This is accumulated over the lifetime. Similarly, if quarterly abdominal CT scans (at 10 mSv each) were given for 5 years, the cumulative dose would be 4x10x5 mSv = 200 mSv. 3.