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No-dose and low-dose radiation scoliosis screening locations in the U.S. Please note: this list is provided as a resource to families and is in no way an endorsement or recommendation NO-DOSE FONAR UPRIGHT MRI California • Campbell | Scoliosis Care Centers Oklahoma • Oklahoma City | Scoliosis Care Centers LOW-DOSE EOS IMAGING Alabama • Birmingham | Children's of Alabama Arizona • Phoenix | Phoenix Children's Hospital Arkansas • Little Rock | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Orthopedic Clinic California • Emeryville | Stanford Children's Health Specialty Services • Fresno | Valley Children's Medical Group • Loma Linda | Loma Linda University Medical Center • Los Angeles | Children's Hospital Los Angeles • Los Angeles | Orthopaedic Institute for Children • Pasadena | Shriners Hospitals for Children • Redwood City | Stanford University Stroke Center • Sacramento | Shriners Hospitals for Children - Northern California • San Diego | Rady Children's Hospital Colorado • Aurora | Children's Hospital Colorado o Aurora | The Spine Center at University of Colorado Hospital • Denver | Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center Delaware • Wilmington | Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Florida • Gainesville | University of Florida - Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute • Jacksonville | Nemours Children's Specialty Care • Miami | Nicklaus Children's Hospital • Miramar | Nicklaus Children's Miramar Outpatient Center • Orlando | Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children - Center for Orthopedics • Orlando | Nemours Children's Hospital • Tampa | Shriners Hospitals for Children • West Palm Beach | St. Mary's Medical Center Georgia • Atlanta | Pediatric Orthopaedic Associates Illinois • Chicago | Northwestern Memorial Hospital • Chicago | Shriners Hospitals for Children • Downers Grove | Advocate Medical Group Spine Care Center Indiana • Indianapolis | Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health Iowa • Iowa City | University Of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Kansas • Kansas City | Children's Mercy Hospital - Adele Hall Campus o Kansas City | University of Kansas Kentucky • Lexington | Shriners Hospitals for Children Louisiana • New Orleans | Ochsner Medical Center Maryland • Baltimore | Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center • Towson | National Scoliosis Center Massachusetts • Boston | Boston Children's Hospital • Boston | Massachusetts General Hospital - Yawkey Center For Outpatient Care • Springfield | Shriners Hospitals for Children Michigan • Ann Arbor | University of Michigan - A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center • Ann Arbor | University of Michigan - C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Minnesota • Minneapolis | Shriners Hospitals for Children • Minneapolis | University of Minnesota Health Clinics and Surgery Center o Rochester | Mayo Clinic • St Paul | Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare Mississippi • Jackson | University of Mississippi Medical Center Missouri • St Louis | Barnes-Jewish Hospital Center for Advanced Medicine New Jersey • Cedar Knolls | Advocare the Orthopedic Center • New Brunswick | Saint Peter's University Hospital New York • Lake Success | Cohen Children's Medical Center, Northwell Health • New York City | Hospital for Special Surgery - Caspary Research Building • New York City | Hospital for Special Surgery - Department of Radiology and Imaging • New York City | Hospital for Special Surgery - Lerner Children's Pavilion • New York City | New York-Presbyterian - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital • New York City | New York-Presbyterian - The Allen Hospital • New York City | NYU Langone Medical Center • New York City | NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital • Rochester | University of Rochester Medical Center - Clinton Crossing Medical Center North Carolina • Charlotte | Carolinas HealthCare System - Morehead Medical Plaza • Durham | Duke Health - Lenox Baker Children's Hospital • Raleigh | Hey Clinic for Scoliosis & Spine Care Ohio • Cincinnati | Cincinnati Children's Hospital - Burnet Campus o Dayton | Children's Medical Center (Dayton Children's Hospital) • Dublin | Nationwide Children's Hospital - Dublin Sport Medicine and Orthopedic Center Oregon • Portland | Shriners Hospitals for Children Pennsylvania • King of Prussia | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Specialty Care & Surgery Center • Philadelphia | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care • Philadelphia | Pennsylvania Hospital • Philadelphia | Shriners Hospitals for Children • Pittsburgh | Children's Hospital of UPMC • Wexford | Allegheny Health Network - Pediatric Orthopedic Institute Rhode Island • East Providence | University Orthopedics South Carolina • Greenville | Shriners Hospitals for Children Tennessee • Memphis | Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Outpatient Center Texas • Austin | St David's Medical Center • Dallas | Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children • Fort Worth | Cook Children's Dodson Specialty Clinics • Houston | Houston Methodist Hospital - Outpatient Center • Houston | Texas Children's Hospital • Plano | Children's Medical Center • Plano | Medical City • Plano | Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital • Temple | Scott & White Roney Bone & Joint Institute Utah • Salt Lake City | Primary Children's Hospital - University of Utah • Salt Lake City | Shriners Hospitals for Children • Salt Lake City | University of Utah Health - University Orthopaedic Center Virginia • Charlottesville | University Of Virginia Health System - Spine Center • Chesapeake | Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters - Health Center at Oakbrooke • Fairfax | National Scoliosis Center • Newport News | Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters - Health and Surgery Center at Oyster Point Washington • Seattle | Seattle Children's Hospital • Spokane | Shriners Hospitals for Children Washington, DC • Children's National Health System West Virginia • Morgantown | West Virginia University Medicine - Ruby Memorial Hospital Wisconsin • Milwaukee | Children's Hospital of Wisconsin List accurate as of August 2021Incidence of cancer in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients treated 25 years previously. Simony A, Hansen EJ, Christensen SB, Carreon LY, Andersen MO. Eur Spine J. 2016 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27592106
Scoliosis monitoring using traditional X-ray imaging may increase the risk of developing cancer up to 5 times. The overall cancer rate in this AIS cohort was 4.3 % which is five times higher than compared to the age-matched Danish population, and endometrial and breast cancer was most frequent. The radiation dose applied to the patients in this study, is comparable to modern equipment. This is to our knowledge the first study to report increased rates of endometrial cancers in a cohort of AIS patients, and future attention is needed to reduce the radiation dose distributed to the AIS patients both pre-operatively and during surgery.
Cancer and mortality risks of patients with scoliosis from radiation exposure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Luan FJ, Wan Y, Mak KC, Ma CJ, Wang HQ. Eur Spine J. 2020 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32852591
Based on 35,641 participants with over 20 years' observations from 1912 to 1990, repeated radiographs and pertaining cumulative radiation dose resulted in elevated rates of cancer, breast cancer and cancer mortality for children/adolescents with scoliosis in comparison with matched general population. It is recommended that low-radiation or radiation-free and efficient methods should be used to monitor the evolution of children/adolescents with scoliosis.