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Methods: Between 1st January 2015 and 31st December 2020, we retrospectively evaluated the cumulative CTA radiation doses of MFS patients who underwent CTA at Khon Kaen University Hospital, a leading teaching hospital and advanced tertiary care institution in northeastern Thailand. We utilized the Radiation Risk Assessment Tool (RadRAT) established at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, to evaluate the risk of cancer-related CTA radiation. Results: The study recruited 29 adult MFS patients who had CTA of the aorta during a 5-year study period with 89 CTA studies. The mean cumulative CTDI vol is 21.5 \u00b1 14.68 mGy, mean cumulative DLP is 682.2 \u00b1 466.7 mGy.cm, the mean baseline future risk for all cancer is 26,134 \u00b1 7601 per 100,000, and the excess lifetime risk for all cancer is 2080.3 \u00b1 1330 per 100,000. The excess lifetime risk of radiation-induced cancer associated with the CTA surveillance study is significantly lower than the risk of aortic dissection or rupture and lower than the baseline future cancer risk. Conclusions: We attempted to quantify the radiation-induced cancer risk from CTA surveillance imaging performed for MFS patients in this study, with all patients receiving a low-risk cumulative radiation dose (less than 1 Gy) and all patients having a low excessive lifetime risk of cancer as a result of CTA. The risk\u2013benefit decision must be made at the point of care, and it entails balancing the benefits of surveillance imaging in anticipating rupture and providing practical, safe treatment, therefore avoiding morbidity and mortality.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/tomography8010010","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,9]],"date-time":"2022-01-09T23:35:09Z","timestamp":1641771309000},"page":"120-130","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Determine Cumulative Radiation Dose and Lifetime Cancer Risk in Marfan Syndrome Patients Who Underwent Computed Tomography Angiography of the Aorta in Northeast Thailand: A 5-Year Retrospective Cohort Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Narumol","family":"Chaosuwannakit","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40000, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Phatraporn","family":"Aupongkaroon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40000, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pattarapong","family":"Makarawate","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiology Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40000, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1114","DOI":"10.1002\/mgg3.489","article-title":"Survival, causes of death, and cardiovascular events in patients with Marfan syndrome","volume":"6","author":"Vanem","year":"2018","journal-title":"Mol. 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