Cancer risk from a single CT scan is low, but repeated exposure could increase the risk of radiation-induced cancer.

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.

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Overall, the one-time LDCT diagnostic performance in the non-risk-based screening population had a sensitivity of 96.6%, a ...

New research reveals CT scans may cause 5% of U.S. cancer cases annually. Learn the risks, who's most vulnerable, and how to ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman about her research indicating CT scans, which emit radiation, will cause some 100,000 cases of cancer annually.

Computer tomography scans, or CT scans, are an invaluable tool for diagnosing cancer and other conditions. But in a cruel ...

New research shows that Medicaid expansion was linked to a 2.1% increase in timely lung cancer surgeries and a 2.8% rise in ...

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

CT scan radiation is expected to cause about 103,000 future cancers among the 61.5 million people who received a CT in 2023, ...

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