Combating radiophobia: a top priority for the further development of nuclear medicine
Panagiotis Georgoulias, George Angelidis, Emmanouil Panagiotidis, Varvara Valotassiou, Ioannis Tsougos · 2026
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Panagiotis Georgoulias and co-authors argue that fear of radiation now blocks medical progress in this 2026 piece. They call that fear radiophobia: a dread of ionizing radiation far beyond its real risk. Big accidents in the past feed the fear, and many patients arrive at scans already anxious.
Nuclear medicine, the field they defend, uses small radiation doses to image body function and to treat cancers of the thyroid, glands, and prostate. It often spots disease early, when cures work best. Yet patients refuse useful scans out of fear, harming their own care. The authors rank fighting this fear as a top task for the field.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Panagiotis Georgoulias, George Angelidis, Emmanouil Panagiotidis, Varvara Valotassiou, Ioannis Tsougos |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |