CT colonography is a test that uses CT scans to check the large bowel (colon) and back passage (rectum). It’s also called a virtual colonoscopy. You have this test as an outpatient in the CT scanning ...

Repeat every 5 years. Colonoscopy – The most thorough test for the entire colon. Needed every 10 years. Virtual Colonoscopy (CT Scan) – Uses X-rays to see the colon. Done every 5 years.

A new study has set off alarm bells, attributing the overuse of computed tomography – or CT – scans to around 5% of new ...

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

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

Getty A new study has found that the radiation from CT scans could eventually lead to over 100,000 future cancer diagnoses. On Monday, April 14, JAMA Internal Medicine — a monthly peer-reviewed ...