I am using PCXMC to calculate the risk of exposure induced cancer death in patients undergoing conventional x-ray diagnostics from 100 machines in Nigeria, using reference person and machine parameter during patients exposure. How can I use this risk statistics for Nigeria?
I am not a fan of estimation of cancer deaths from small radiation exposures involved in radiographic examinations. Better use data for optimization in imaging
The following recent paper will be useful that attempts to compute lifetime attributable risk (LAR) in patients in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29064376
The relevant presentation can be freely downloadable from
http://www.icrp.org/docs/2017fuk/3%20Mattsson%20Presentation.pdf
LAR is an approximation of the risk of exposure induced cancer or death (REIC or REID).
Prof. Rehani, Thank you very much for your advice to use my data for dose optimization in imaging. I will add that to my work.
Dr. Hamada, Thank you for your answers to my questions. Those links are very useful.
Dr. Celestine, Thank you for your interest in my work. We can have a good exchange of ideas with similar research work.
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