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

The radiation from this form of medical imaging may account for 5% of annual cancer diagnoses — a figure that puts it in line with alcohol and obesity as a risk factor.

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 ...

Many cancers could occur’ if CT scan practices don’t change, doctors warn - Physicians say infants and children are the most ...

To explain the nuances of lung cancer imaging ... can detect cancer in lymph nodes and organs that appear normal on a chest CT scan. “Since PET scans cover a larger area of the body, from ...

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 ...

The problem: Lots of ads pitch CT scans for lung-cancer screening. And it would be great if there were a safe, effective way to catch the disease early, because it's still the leading cause of ...

found in routine imaging — like chest X-rays or computed tomography (CT) scans — or in lung cancer screening CTs. Up to 25 percent of patients may have abnormalities found through lung imaging; ...

The widespread utilization of chest CT scans has increased the importance ... characteristics of benign versus malignant nodules. Lung cancer is the primary etiology of malignant nodules and ...

Amit Gupta, MD, discussed a new collaboration between University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Qure.ai that aims to ...