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

CT examinations are crucial in modern medicine. More than 80 million scans are performed annually in the U.S. which is up ...

The team’s model predicted that approximately 103,000 cancers per year – around 5 percent of the 2 million new cancer ...

They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate ...

"These findings suggest that if current radiation dosing and utilization practices continue, CT-associated cancers could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses annually," one of the key ...

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

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

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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 ...

CT scans — those marvels of modern imaging that can peer inside our bodies in seconds — may also be contributing to a slow-moving wave of cancer. A new modeling study estimates that radiation from CT ...