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

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.

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

Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT could have saved tens of thousands of lives — if only we'd listened to the data back ...

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 ...

The most common projected cancers in adults were lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia, bladder cancer, and stomach cancer.

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

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

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