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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The authors found that in 2023 there were 93 million CTs done on 62 million patients. The total estimated lifetime number of ...

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 ...