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A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging​, or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.
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 warns routine CT scans may cause 100,000 US cancer cases yearly, including 10,000 in kids. This raises concerns ...
At current utilization and radiation dose levels, CT exams in 2023 were projected to lead to over 100,000 future cancers over ...
CT-associated cancer could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses each year, the study projects.
A large-scale study of CT scans performed in the United States has estimated that the widely used medical technology could ...
"CT can save lives, but its potential harms are often overlooked," said Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman, the study's lead author ...
More Americans are receiving computed tomography (CT) scans than ever before, and while this technology can save lives, some ...
CT scans, or CAT scans, are widely used to get internal images of the body and diagnose dangerous medical conditions — but ...
The team’s model predicted that approximately 103,000 cancers per year – around 5 percent of the 2 million new cancer ...
They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate ...