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CT scans use beams of x-rays that are rotated around your body to provide images with much higher ... The most common projected cancers were lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia, and bladder ...
Radiation from imaging could lead to lung, breast and other future cancers, with 10-fold increased risk for babies CT scans ...
A new study has set off alarm bells, attributing the overuse of computed tomography – or CT – scans to around 5% of new ...
Local experts said patients should be aware of the radiation risks of CT scans but not shy away from the technology, which ...
Approximately 93 million computed tomography examinations, or CT scans, are performed on 62 million patients annually in the ...
A new study from the University of California, San Francisco, has raised serious concerns about the risks of using CT scans ...
In fact, if current imaging practices persist, CT scans might eventually ... cancer cases because they use the scans more often, the study says. Lung cancer is projected to be the most common ...
"These findings suggest that if current radiation dosing and utilization practices continue, CT-associated cancers could ...