A new study has set off alarm bells, attributing the overuse of computed tomography – or CT – scans to around 5% of new ...

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 ...

Local experts said patients should be aware of the radiation risks of CT scans but not shy away from the technology, which ...

CT scans are a vital part of modern medicine. Found in every hospital and many clinics, they give doctors a fast and detailed ...

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

Your next computed tomography, or CT, scan might be riskier than commonly assumed. A study out today calculates that CT scans are contributing to a substantially greater share of cancer cases than ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman about her research indicating CT scans, which emit radiation, will cause some 100,000 cases of cancer annually.

Weigh the cancer ... diagnosis for efficient patient flow and management. Patients likewise expect timely and accurate diagnoses.” Doctors need to be more judicious in ordering CT scans, and ...

Researchers estimated that the use of CT scans in ... 5% of cancers diagnosed each year,” the researchers wrote. The most common projected cancers in adults were lung cancer (n=21,400), colon ...