Amit Gupta, ESOR Clinical Fellow at Prinses Máxima Centrum voor kinderoncologie shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Childhood cancer survivors undergo years of surveillance imaging – but how much imaging is truly necessary?
Our recent article discusses the need to rethink surveillance imaging and reduce unnecessary radiation exposure in survivors of childhood cancer.
Key learning points:
- Many surveillance imaging practices are based on tradition rather than strong evidence.
- Cumulative radiation exposure from repeated CT scans is an important survivorship issue.
- Survivorship programs should adopt radiation stewardship principles.
- Risk-adapted follow-up and non-ionizing imaging (MRI/ultrasound) may reduce long-term harm.
Grateful and happy for putting together this work with an awesome close friend and Brilliant Oncologist Shuvadeep Ganguly.
Pediatric Onco-Radiology is an exciting field to work upon.”
Title: Rethinking surveillance imaging to reduce radiation exposure among survivors of childhood cancer
Authors: Shuvadeep Ganguly and Amit Gupta
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