GCM Radiology Responds to Study Associating CT Scans and Increased Cancer Risk
March 2010 - There has been much press regarding the recent article published in the Archives of Internal Medicine about CT scans and increased cancer risk. It is the opinion of Doctors Groover, Christie and Merritt, P.C., that no imaging exam should be performed unless there is a clear medical benefit outweighing any associated risk. Medical imaging exams have been directly linked to greater life expectancy, declines in cancer mortality rates and are generally less expensive than the invasive procedures that they replace.
GCM supports and follows the American College of Radiology's ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) concept in which providers to use the minimum level of radiation needed in imaging exams to achieve the necessary results. Our Imaging Centers are fully accredited in CT by the American College of Radiology, which means that our facility meets basic education and training standards, that our imaging equipment is regularly surveyed by a medical physicist to ensure proper function, that the radiation dose is not excessive and that our technologists administering the test are appropriately certified. At GCM, we also follow the ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards criteria, which are published and updated annually.
Your health and safety are extremely important to us. If you have any questions regarding imaging and radiation safety, please visit the ACR patient website. Read more