# OnCo record idea-pu-pregnancy-test-or-ask-before-radiotherapy (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-pu-pregnancy-test-or-ask-before-radiotherapy/>
  a schema:CreativeWork ;
  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-pu-pregnancy-test-or-ask-before-radiotherapy" ;
  schema:name "Routine pregnancy testing compared with asking, before radiotherapy"@en ;
  schema:description "Before radiotherapy, people who could be pregnant are asked whether they might be; some departments also do a pregnancy test for everyone in an age range. Which approach misses fewer pregnancies, and at what cost in delays and false alarms, has never been compared. Some cancers make the pregnancy hormone themselves and can give a false positive test."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-pu-pregnancy-test-or-ask-before-radiotherapy/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-11"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.rcr.ac.uk/our-services/all-our-publications/clinical-oncology-publications/ionising-radiation-medical-exposure-regulations-implications-for-clinical-practice-in-radiotherapy/>, <https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2021.1169>, <https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.26067> ;
  onco:tag "protocol-upgrade", "upgrade:untested", "evidence:insufficient" ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/cancer-in-pregnancy/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-knowledge-diffusion/> .