Approximately 93 million computed tomography examinations, or CT scans, are performed on 62 million patients annually in the ...

More Americans are receiving computed tomography (CT) scans than ever before, and while this technology can save lives, some ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans could soon account for 5 percent of all new cancer cases diagnosed annually if current ...

The most common types of cancers estimated to be a result of CT scans were lung cancer and colon cancer—two cancers that are ...

CT-associated cancer could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses each year, the study projects.

Radiation from imaging could lead to lung, breast and other future cancers, with 10-fold increased risk for babies.

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

The radiation from this form of medical imaging may account for 5% of annual cancer diagnoses — a figure that puts it in line with alcohol and obesity as a risk factor.

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 ...

About five million of the scans, which use X-rays to create detailed internal pictures of the body, are carried out each year ...

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

CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that cautions against overusing and overdosing CTs.   The danger is greatest for infants, followed ...