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Must be this: http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/newsfromnci/2012/CTpediatricLancet http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/newsfromnci/2012/CTpediatri... http://www.t
by throwaway_yy2Di 13y ago
Must be this:
http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/newsfromnci/2012/CTpediatricLancet http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/newsfromnci/2012/CTpediatri...
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2960815-0/abstract http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-67...
Note the large difference in presentation. NCI:
"...a small increased risk of leukemia and brain tumors..."
"...The researchers emphasize... the benefits of clinically appropriate CT scans should outweigh future cancer risks"
NY Times:
"...three times more likely to develop leukemia and brain cancer"
"...distressingly little evidence of better health outcomes"
It's some sort of golden rule of sensationalism: if the risk is minuscule, report it as a large multiplier over a tiny baseline.
(Or possibly, an absolute incidence count out of a gigantically large population. NYT, thoughtfully, did both).