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

CT scan radiation is expected to cause about 103,000 future cancers among the 61.5 million people who received a CT in 2023, ...

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

Non-enhanced CT scans rarely aid in the detection of haemorrhage but significantly increase the overall radiation exposure.

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

Researchers from UC San Francisco have announced a study that found computed tomography, or CT scans, may account for as much as 5% of all cancers annually. This is comparative to the cancer risk from ...

CT-associated cancer could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses each year, the study projects.

UCSF researchers call for greater awareness of the potential risks associated with CT scans, emphasizing the need for ...

"CT can save lives, but its potential harms are often overlooked," said Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman, the study's lead author ...

A new study suggests the cumulative effects of ionizing radiation from CT scans may raise a person's lifetime risk of ...

"These findings suggest that if current radiation dosing and utilization practices continue, CT-associated cancers could ...

A large-scale study of CT scans performed in the United States has estimated that the widely used medical technology could ...