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

The most common types of cancers estimated to be a result of CT scans were lung cancer and colon cancer—two cancers that are ...

CT scans, a widely used medical imaging technology to diagnose diseases, may be more harmful than previously thought, and ...

While the number of annual CT scans, or computed tomography scans, has surged by 30 percent in the U.S. since 2007, it has ...

More Americans are receiving computed tomography (CT) scans than ever before, and while this technology can save lives, some ...

About five million of the scans, which use X-rays to create detailed internal pictures of the body, are carried out each year ...

A new modeling study estimates that radiation from CT scans performed in the United States in 2023 could eventually cause ...

The team’s model predicted that approximately 103,000 cancers per year – around 5 percent of the 2 million new cancer ...

ALTON The statistics surrounding the incidence rate of lung cancer nationally, state-wide, and locally can literally take your breath away.According to ...

Fewer than 1 in 5 people eligible for lung cancer screening go through with a chest CT scan, according to research published ...

A modeling study estimates that just over 100,000 cancers in the US are predicted to result from radiation from the 93 ...