Your next computed tomography, or CT, scan might be riskier than commonly assumed. A study out today calculates that CT scans ...

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

At current utilization and radiation dose levels, CT exams in 2023 were projected to lead to over 100,000 future cancers over the lifetime of exposed patients, according to an updated risk model.

CT scans, a widely used medical imaging technology to diagnose diseases, may be more harmful than previously thought, and account for about 5% of new cancer cases annually in the U.S. population, ...