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USA Today: Cancer risks prompt doctors to try to lower imaging scan radiation
Published: 4 May 2010
Doctors are exploring ways to reduce the amount of radiation exposure from medical imaging tests in light of renewed concerns about the cancer risk, according to research presented at a radiology conference this week... "It's a very serious issue," says radiologist Sobhi Abadi of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in Montreal, who presented his research Tuesday at a meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society in San Diego. Abadi's study focused on reducing the risk of future breast cancer in women who have heart scans…