A new study projects that CT scans performed in the US in 2023 could cause around 103,000 future cancers, potentially ...

UCSF researchers call for greater awareness of the potential risks associated with CT scans, emphasizing the need for informed discussions between patients and doctors.

CT-associated cancer could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses each year, the study projects.

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 ...

"These findings suggest that if current radiation dosing and utilization practices continue, CT-associated cancers could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses annually," one of the key ...

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Computed tomography (CT) scans could soon account for 5 percent of all new cancer cases diagnosed annually if current ...

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.

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