Question 719
{"accessible":false,"alternatives":[{"id":3628,"text":"Higher absorbed dose results in high-grade cancers. "},{"id":3851,"text":"Malignant damage to skin is considered to be a deterministic effect"},{"id":3629,"text":"Peak incidence of solid tumors occurs 25 years after radiation exposure. "},{"id":3630,"text":"Radiation-induced carcinogenesis is considered a stochastic effect. "},{"id":3631,"text":"Solid tumors have a minimum latency period of 3 years. "},{"id":3760,"text":"Radiation-induced carcinogenesis follows an adaptive dose–response relationship."}],"archived":false,"correctAlternativeId":3630,"explanation":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRadiation-induced carcinogenesis\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;is widely but not universally believed to occur at exposures from ionizing radiation used in medical imaging. It is thought to be a\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://radiopaedia.org/articles/stochastic-effects\"\u003estochastic effect\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;of ionizing radiation, with the\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://radiopaedia.org/articles/missing?article%5Btitle%5D=linear-no-threshold-theory\"\u003elinear no-threshold theory\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;proposing no \"safe\" level of radiation exposure, and an increasing risk of cancer with increasing dose, although this is not universally accepted.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe latency period between radiation exposure and cancer detection varies:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://radiopaedia.org/articles/2008-who-classification-of-tumours-of-haematopoietic-and-lymphoid-tissues\"\u003eleukemia\u003c/a\u003e: minimum of 2-3 years with a peak incidence at 10 years after radiation exposure\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esolid tumors: minimum of 10-15 years with a peak incidence of up to 50 years after radiation exposure\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdapted from\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Basic_Physics_of_Digital_Radiography\"\u003eBasic Physics of Digital Radiography\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;Kieran Maher,\u0026nbsp;with author's permission (License:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\"\u003eCreative Commons\u0026nbsp;BY-SA 3.0\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e","id":719,"imageUrl":null,"imageAttribution":null,"imageAttributionCaseInfo":null,"firstQuestionPath":"/questions/774","nextQuestionPath":null,"relatedArticles":[{"id":5100,"title":"Deterministic effects","link":"/articles/deterministic-effects?lang=us"},{"id":52957,"title":"Radiation-induced carcinogenesis","link":"/articles/radiation-induced-carcinogenesis?lang=us"}],"alsoUsedIn":[],"stem":"\u003cp\u003eRegarding radiation-induced carcinogenesis, which of the\u0026nbsp;following statements is \u003cstrong\u003eTRUE\u003c/strong\u003e?\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","menuLinks":[{"text":"Report problem with question","url":"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfO3soWYhOjJ7yErSysyCe5V4A1CqW7WK3rDA7MtAkecMGqNw/viewform?entry.1624461248\u0026entry.553583435=https://radiopaedia.org/questions/719"}],"attemptsPercentages":[{"alternativeId":"3760","percentage":6},{"alternativeId":"3628","percentage":6},{"alternativeId":"3629","percentage":4},{"alternativeId":"3631","percentage":1},{"alternativeId":"3851","percentage":7},{"alternativeId":"3630","percentage":76}],"promptToLogin":false,"questionManager":false,"articleId":"stochastic-effects"}