A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging​, or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.

(Gray News) - CT scans could be an “important cause of cancer” in the United States, according to a new study. According to ...

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

UCSF researchers call for greater awareness of the potential risks associated with CT scans, emphasizing the need for ...

"CT can save lives, but its potential harms are often overlooked," said Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman, the study's lead author ...

The study, published in Jama Internal Medicine, warns that CT scans performed in the US in 2023 alone could eventually lead ...

For the new study, researchers projected how many cancers could crop up from the 93 million CT scans that were performed on ...

CT scans performed in the US in 2023 alone could eventually lead to over 100,000 extra cancer cases, a new study claims.

A new study from the University of California, San Francisco, has raised serious concerns about the risks of using CT scans ...

The most common projected cancers in adults were lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia, bladder cancer, and stomach cancer.

According to the study, the largest number of cancers in adults was due to CT scans of the pelvis and abdomen. Children face a higher risk of cancer following CT scans of the head. “Given the ...

As for the most problematic type of CT scan, the largest number of cancers — 37,500 — were projected to arise from abdomen and pelvis imaging, which represented about a third of all CT ...