News

CT scans could cause 5% of cancers, study finds; experts note uncertainty
The most common types of cancers estimated to be a result of CT scans were lung cancer and colon cancer—two cancers that are ...
Common CT Scans Are Major Cancer Risk, Study Claims
Your next computed tomography, or CT, scan might be riskier than commonly assumed. A study out today calculates that CT scans ...
Medscape8h
As CT Use Rises, so Does Projected Risk for Future Cancers
TOPLINE: CT examinations performed on 62 million patients in the United States during 2023 are projected to result in ...
Radiation from CT scans could lead to thousands of future cancer diagnoses, study finds
A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging​, or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.
CT scans may be more harmful than previously thought, UCSF study finds
CT scans, a widely used medical imaging technology to diagnose diseases, may be more harmful than previously thought, and ...