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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 May 30;27(1):215–224. doi: 10.1007/s12350-018-1307-7

Table 2.

Cancer Risks from 99mTc Pyrophosphate Imaging in Women. Assumes 10 mCi dose; for 20 mCi dose one should double these risks.

Age Future Risk of Developing Cancer (chances in 100,000) for Women with 90% Uncertainty Range in Parentheses
Bladder Kidney Leukemia Ovary Total
40 Excess Future Risk from 99mTc-PYP 8.98 (2.61,20.5) 0.473 (0.0449,1.27) 1.57 (0.483,3.48) 0.522 (0.127,1.30) 11.5 (4.17,23.6)
Baseline Future Risk 1210 (1170,1250) 1040 (1010,1080) 613 (586,641) 1410 (1370,1450) 4274 (4131,4419)
% Risk from 99mTc-PYP 0.74% 0.05% 0.26% 0.04% 0.27%
50 Excess Future Risk from 99mTc-PYP 8.76 (2.59,19.9) 0.430 (0.0408,1.15) 1.60 (0.397,3.74) 0.458 (0.112,1.14) 11.3 (3.95,23.0)
Baseline Future Risk 1210 (1170,1240) 1000 (967,1030) 585 (560,611) 1310 (1280,1350) 4107 (3973,4243)
% Risk from 99mTc-PYP 0.72% 0.04% 0.27% 0.03% 0.27%
60 Excess Future Risk from 99mTc-PYP 8.06 (2.5,18.1) 0.354 (0.0332,0.936) 1.64 (0.283,4.06) 0.362 (0.0874,0.891) 10.4 (3.63,21.0)
Baseline Future Risk 1160 (1130,1200) 891 (862,921) 543 (521,567) 1110 (1080,1150) 3714 (3596,3836)
% Risk from 99mTc-PYP 0.69% 0.04% 0.30% 0.03% 0.28%
70 Excess Future Risk from 99mTc-PYP 6.55 (2.17,14.3) 0.248 (0.0228,0.633) 1.56 (0.180,4.16) 0.253 (0.0595,0.625) 8.61 (3.18,17.1)
Baseline Future Risk 1010 (985,1040) 684 (661,707) 474 (455,493) 831 (806,856) 3001 (2907,3097)
% Risk from 99mTc-PYP 0.64% 0.04% 0.33% 0.03% 0.29%
80 Excess Future Risk from 99mTc-PYP 4.42 (1.59,9.24) 0.134 (0.0119,0.322) 1.18 (0.0944,3.32) 0.148 (0.0326,0.381) 5.88 (2.45,11.4)
Baseline Future Risk 737 (716,757) 401 (386,416) 355 (341,369) 519 (502,536) 2011 (1945,2077)
% Risk from 99mTc-PYP 0.60% 0.03% 0.33% 0.03% 0.29%