Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation

In plain language

This 2006 National Academies consensus report on low-level ionizing radiation supports a linear-no-threshold cancer risk model, in which even small doses may slightly raise cancer risk. It underpins dose-limit reasoning for the fluoroscopy team but does not study them directly.

At a glance

Type of study: Guideline or consensus statement
Who was studied: General population
Where: United States
Topics: Cancer risk Regulation and policy
Summary based on: a web page

What it found

A comprehensive review of biological and biophysical data supports the linear-no-threshold risk model, in which even the smallest dose may cause a small increase in cancer risk.
Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) VII generally supports previously reported cancer and leukemia risk estimates, with confidence strengthened by new and more extensive data.
The report is among the first of its kind to include detailed estimates for cancer incidence in addition to cancer mortality.

Limits to keep in mind

Only the publisher's summary web page was available, so no specific risk coefficients or methods could be extracted. The report concerns low-dose radiation risk in general and is not specific to the fluoroscopy team.

Beir VII: Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation (2006, Guideline or consensus statement)
ALARA+: Summit on Radiation and Orthopedic Risks in Fluoroscopic Laboratories (2026, Guideline or consensus statement)
Occupational Protection in Interventional Radiology. A Joint Guideline of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe and the Society of Interventional Radiology (2026, Guideline or consensus statement)
SCAI/ASE/HRS/SIR/SVS Expert Consensus Statement on Enhanced Radiation Protection: Time for Mandatory and Urgent Action (2026, Guideline or consensus statement)
Radiation protection practices in diagnostic and interventional cardiology: Position paper from Portuguese Association of Interventional Cardiology (2025, Guideline or consensus statement)

How this summary was made

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Prepared November 3, 2026.