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24 May 2012

Answer to Question #2948 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"

Category: Pregnancy and Radiation — Proximity to radioactive persons

The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field:

I am currently three months pregnant and my mother-in-law is going to start a six-week course of radiation soon. She has been diagnosed with throat cancer. It will be for five days a week and I will be driving her there daily. Will there be any risk at all to my unborn child? Thank you for your time in answering my question.

Your mother will be receiving radiation therapy from external sources. She will not be radioactive and you will not be exposed to any radiation as a result of her therapy. Your risks for birth defects and miscarriage are not altered by driving your mother-in-law to therapy.

Robert Brent, MD, PhD, DSc

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