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A Topical View of the Benefit-Risk Ratio in Mammography

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In 1977, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) again recommended a system of dose limitation for activities involving human exposure to ionizing radiation. The main recommendations for this system are that (a) no practice shall be adopted unless its introduction produces a positive net benefit; (b) all exposures shall be kept as low as reasonably achievable, economic and social factors being taken into account; and (c) the dose equivalents administered to individuals shall not exceed the limits recommended by the Commission.

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Stieve, FE. (1985). A Topical View of the Benefit-Risk Ratio in Mammography. In: Zander, J., Baltzer, J. (eds) Early Breast Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70192-4_14

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