CT-associated cancer could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses each year, the study projects.

Local experts said patients should be aware of the radiation risks of CT scans but not shy away from the technology which can ...

(Gray News) - CT scans could be an “important cause of cancer” in the United States, according to a new study. According to ...

They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate ...

A large-scale study of CT scans performed in the United States has estimated that the widely used medical technology could ...

Radiation from imaging could lead to lung, breast and other future cancers, with a 10-fold increased risk for babies, ...

"CT can save lives, but its potential harms are often overlooked," said Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman, the study's lead author ...

Now a new study is projecting just how many cases of cancer could be linked to CT scans. In the study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday, researchers estimate that over the lifetime of ...

suggests CT-related radiation is linked to even higher rates of cancer than previously thought. The 93 million CT scans performed in 2023 are projected to result in approximately 103,000 cancer di ...

They were 10 times more likely to get cancer compared to others in the study. The researchers said some CT scans are unlikely to help patients and are overused, such as those for upper respiratory ...

The safety of CT scans has long been debated ... certain types of cancer, fractures, heart disease, blood clots, bowel disorders, kidney stones, internal bleeding, and brain or spinal cord ...

Radiation from CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that ...