Quote by Charles W Pickering

Millions of Americans every year depend upon medical imaging exams to diagnose disease and detect injury, and thousands more rely on radiation therapy to…

— Charles W. Pickering

My estimate is that about 94,000 cancer fatalities for the future are being induced with each year of medical diagnostic X-rays (in US).

— John Gofman

When you're asked to have a CT scan or a nuclear scan, do you know how much radiation that involves? How many of those…

— Eric Topol

Most of us take it for granted that the person performing our radiologic procedures is a competent professional. But the fact is, poorly trained…

— Charles W Pickering

“Furthermore, Choosing Wisely doesn’t emphasize the cumulative risk of these scans that involve ionized radiation.78–81 For example, a typical cardiology practice has its patients…

— Eric Topol

But remember, any radiologic procedure is only as effective as the person performing it.

— Charles W Pickering

You see, one of the best ways to assure quality radiologic procedures is to require a basic level of education and skill for the…

— Charles W Pickering

Under the CARE bill, personnel performing radiologic procedures in every state would be required to meet minimum educational and credentialing standards. Each state would…

— Charles W Pickering

There are estimates that 2 to 3 percent of cancers in the U.S. each year are engendered by exposure to repetitive imaging.

— Eric Topol

You have in the U.S. around two million new diagnoses of cancer a year, and 13 million survivors, so you have about 10,000 patients…

— Patrick Soon-Shiong

In states where no regulation exists, anyone is permitted to perform medical imaging and radiation therapy procedures, sometimes after just a few weeks of…

— Charles W. Pickering

If we can afford it, I personally think we should keep giving people MRIs a lot, so we can spot everything early. Our taxes…

— John Newman