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

A new study suggests the cumulative effects of ionizing radiation from CT scans may raise a person's lifetime risk of ...

Study could have particular relevance for the UK where the 5-year survival rate for lung cancer is 16 per cent and has improved only slightly during the past 40 years.

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

New research projects that the tens of millions of CT scans performed in the US in 2023 could result in over 100,000 cases of ...

More than 100,000 future cancer cases were projected to result from the 93 million CT examinations performed in 2023, according to a study published April 14 in JAMA Internal Medicine.  Low-dose CT ...

Researchers projected that CT scans performed in 2023 alone could eventually lead to approximately 103,000 future cancer cases. These projected cancers would affect various organs, with lung ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans may account ... it was unlikely to lead to cancer. Adults 50 to 59 had the highest number of ...

followed by chest CT scans. The most common cancers overall were lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia and bladder cancer. In female patients specifically, breast cancer was the second most common.

WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Considering a trendy whole-body CT scan after ... of projected cancer cases because they use the scans more often, the study says. Lung cancer is ...