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The association between exposure to medical-range radiation and radiation-induced cancer is documented in epidemiologic and experimental studies. Patients undergoing liver transplantation undergo a battery of tests from the evaluation process through posttransplantation, and many are radiation-based.
The objective of this retrospective study was to quantify the radiation exposure received by patients during transplant evaluation, waitlist time, and 60 days posttransplant at a single transplant center. The effective radiation exposure was obtained for 94% of the examinations; for others, standardized values were used to estimate exposure.
During a median observation period of 14 months, 74 patients underwent 1826 diagnostic imaging examination…