Screening for disease, including cancer, can cause harm —during screening, diagnosis and treatment. With lung cancer ...

The new lung cancer screening program needs to be independently evaluated to keep it on track, and to minimise the harms.

Recurrence means that cancer has come back after initial treatment and a period during which it could not be detected. Even ...

Your scan may reveal a nodule on your lungs, but that doesn’t mean that you have cancer. Nodules are found in up to half of adults who have a chest X-ray or CT scan of the lungs. [3] But, less ...

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In the United States, over 93 million routine CT scans occur annually. As a known carcinogen, past research has evaluated the cancer risk linked to CT scans. A 2009 study estimated that 29,000 cancers ...

Adults, however, may face a greater risk since most scans are performed on them. The most common cancers linked to CT scan exposure include lung, colon, bladder cancer, and leukemia.

New research projects that the tens of millions of CT scans performed in the US in 2023 could result in over 100,000 cases of cancer.

New research reveals CT scans may cause 5% of U.S. cancer cases annually. Learn the risks, who's most vulnerable, and how to protect yourself.

CT scans, for example, are considered the most beneficial exam for early detection in lung cancer. “Lung cancer screening constitutes the largest proportion of screening examinations ...

Among adults, the most common cancers linked to CT scans were lung, colon, leukemia, bladder, and breast cancer. For children, the most frequently projected cancers were thyroid, lung, and breast.