Radiation from the images causes 5 percent of cancer cases, according to a new study. The doctor who made this grim discovery ...

New research reveals CT scans may cause 103,000 cancer cases annually—equal to the cancer risk from alcohol and obesity.

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

A new study suggests the cumulative effects of ionizing radiation from CT scans may raise a person's lifetime risk of ...

CT scans, or CAT scans, are widely used to get internal images of the body and diagnose dangerous medical conditions, but ...

Chest CT scans account for another 21,500 cancers ... which occurs in more than 28% of all CT scans. In that procedure, ...

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 ...

followed by chest CT scans. The most common cancers overall were lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia and bladder cancer. In female patients specifically, breast cancer was the second most common.

The dose of radiation is significantly lower than a standard chest CT scan. What Happens if Something is Found ... Most of these patients will undergo a biopsy procedure, typically a robotic ...

Fewer than 1 in 5 people eligible for lung cancer screening go through with a chest CT scan, according to research published April 2 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. But it’s ...