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

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

The research modeled cancer risk in 61.5 million U.S. patients who had undergone CT scans, estimating that around 103,000 cancer cases could eventually result from the radiation exposure over their ...

In many examinations such as CT of the head (including dental CT scans), chest and limbs, the pelvic region is not in the direct beam and the dose to the unborn child can be very low. Doctors may ...

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

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

One-third of patients with PSA levels below 0.2 ng/mL after radical prostatectomy have recurrent disease identifiable by PSMA PET. More than one-third of patients with PSA levels less than 0.5 ng/mL ...

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 ...

For many examinations such as CT of the head (including dental CT scans), chest and limbs, where the pelvic region is not in the direct beam, the dose to the unborn child can be very low. Doctors may ...