However the barium meal swallow fluoroscopy concentrates the X-ray energy into the abdomen, so that the most susceptible organs listed above receive enhanced doses. We can definitely expect the actual distribution of fatal cancers induced by the swallows to be different to the above list. It is known that young women are particularly susceptible to induced breast cancer. But that's a subject which requires another article in its own right. Company records of dose could provide an excellent basis for research.
Every employee has the right to refuse to take the barium meal X-ray.
But social conditioning means that the Japanese can not bring themselves to question the medical profession.