Medical Imaging and Pediatric and Adolescent Hematologic Cancer Risk
Our study suggests an association between exposure to radiation from medical imaging and a small but significantly increased risk of hematologic cancer among children and adolescents. (Funded by the National Cancer Institute and others.).
Authors
- Priscila Pequeno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1366-5063)
- Robert T. Greenlee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0618-7895)
- James R. Duncan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0337-8805)
- Melanie Francisco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0886-321X)
- Sheila Weinmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7696-0070)
- Lisa M. Moy
- Rebecca Smith‐Bindman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1972-639X)
- Carly Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2723-4902)
- Cameron Kofler
- Diana L. Miglioretti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5547-1833)
- Susan Alber
- Erin J. Aiello Bowles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6287-7391)
- Wesley E. Bolch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7175-9968)
- Marilyn L. Kwan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8863-3950)
- Malini Mahendra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8082-7977)
- Jason D. Pole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0413-5434)
- Jonathan M. Ducore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4282-0632)
- Natasha K. Stout
Institutions
- 3M (United States) (US)
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (US)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (US)
- Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (US)
- Marshfield Clinic (US)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2502098
- Citations
- 26
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 35.36