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Cancer risk from a single CT scan is low, but repeated exposure could increase the risk of radiation-induced cancer.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. This makes lung cancer screening important.
Local experts said patients should be aware of the radiation risks of CT scans but not shy away from the technology, which ...
A new study suggests the cumulative effects of ionizing radiation from CT scans may raise a person's lifetime risk of ...
Computed tomography (CT) scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually ... The most common adult cancers were lung, colon, ...
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 ...
Not all scans carry the same level of risk. In adults, scans of the abdomen and pelvis are thought to contribute the most to ...
Radiation from imaging could lead to lung, breast and other future cancers, with 10-fold increased risk for babies CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out ...