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Local experts said patients should be aware of the radiation risks of CT scans but not shy away from the technology which can ...
A series of CT scan images, in combination ... doctors need as many as four photos of a single area — and the location scanned, such as the head or the abdomen. To that data, they applied the Beir VII ...
They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate ...
A new study projects that CT scans performed in the US in 2023 could cause around 103,000 future cancers, potentially ...
(Gray News) - CT scans could be an “important cause of cancer” in the United States, according to a new study. According to ...
Radiation from imaging could lead to lung, breast and other future cancers, with a 10-fold increased risk for babies, ...
"CT can save lives, but its potential harms are often overlooked," said Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman, the study's lead author ...
While the number of annual CT scans, or computed tomography scans, has surged by 30 percent in the U.S. since 2007, it has ...
A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging​, or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.
CT scans performed in the US in 2023 alone could eventually lead to over 100,000 extra cancer cases, a new study claims.
About five million of the scans, which use X-rays to create detailed internal pictures of the body, are carried out each year ...
A Jersey brain tumour patient has said "processes weren't followed" after she experienced a delay in her diagnosis because ...