Short-interval CT imaging is a safe and cost-effective strategy for focal indeterminate consolidation in lung cancer ...

A Bahrain study shows CT scans to check for blood clots in lung blood vessels increased significantly in people with sickle ...

Abdomen and pelvis CT scans contribute most to cancer risk (37% of projected cancers), with lung cancer being the most common ...

Radiation from the images causes 5 percent of cancer cases, according to a new study. The doctor who made this grim discovery ...

Radiation from CT scans may cause as many as 5% of cancers diagnosed each year in the United States, research suggests.

Low-dose CT scans are the recommended screening method for lung cancer. Though lung cancer screening rates lag behind colorectal and breast cancer screenings, recent guideline changes have seen ...

The most common projected cancers were lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia, and bladder cancer. As for the most problematic type of CT scan, the largest number of cancers — 37,500 — were ...

Depending on the reason why you’re getting a CT scan, you may need to drink a large glass of oral contrast ... scan slightly increases your risk of cancer. However, keep in mind that the ...

The study highlights that while the risk from a single scan is low, it is not zero. Children and teenagers are at higher risk ...

The prevalent use of CT ... scans. Adults 50 to 59 were projected to have the greatest number of cancer diagnoses, with 10,400 cases for women and 9,300 for men. The most common adult cancers were ...

Researchers projected that the use of CT scans in 2023 would cause 102,700 ... The most common projected cancers in adults were lung cancer (n=21,400), colon cancer (n=8400), leukemia (n=7400 ...