ALTON The statistics surrounding the incidence rate of lung cancer nationally, state-wide, and locally can literally take your breath away.According to ...

A new study projects that CT scans performed in the US in 2023 could cause around 103,000 future cancers, potentially ...

The most common cancers projected to occur in adults included lung cancer ... that while CT scans are often life-saving and essential for diagnosis, they do come with a small but real potential ...

April 14, 2025 expert reaction to study on projected lifetime cancer risks associated with Computed Tomography (CT) imaging in the US . A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine ...

A recently published study has found that the radiation from CT scans ... cancer risk," it claimed. The study stated that the most common radiation-induced cancers in adults were lung cancer ...

The most common cancers linked to CT exposure are lung ... can cause cancer isn’t new. It’s scientifically sound. And with the huge number of scans being done, even small risks can add ...

Research studies have provided evidence that CT scans used in targeted screening on healthy people, such as for lung cancer ... of developing cancer. It’s important to note that for the individual ...

Lung cancer screening with low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) may detect more than just ... of coronary atherosclerosis," writes Dr. Gary Small, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa ...

CT (often pronounced as “cat”) scans use a mix of X-ray and computer technology to provide detailed images of the body, per John Hopkins Medicine, which added that “the amount of radiation dose used ...