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

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

CT scans are a vital part of modern medicine. Found in every hospital and many clinics, they give doctors a fast and detailed ...

CT scans, for example, are considered the most beneficial exam for early detection in lung cancer. “Lung cancer screening constitutes the largest proportion of screening examinations ...

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 ...

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 ...

People can get low-dose CT scans to check for lung cancer if they have a smoking history of 20 pack-years or more, either currently smoke or quit within the past 15 years, and are between 50 and 80 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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