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Radiation from CT scans could lead to thousands of future cancer diagnoses, study finds
A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging​, or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.
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CT Scans Projected to Result in 100,000 New Cancers in The US
More Americans are receiving computed tomography (CT) scans than ever before, and while this technology can save lives, some ...
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CT Scans Can Increase Your Cancer Risk
Key Takeaways CT scans pose a greater cancer risk than previously thoughtAbout 103,000 future cancers are projected to occur ...
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CT Scans May Cause as Many as 5% of Cancers Diagnosed Each Year in the US
The most common projected cancers in adults were lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia, bladder cancer, and stomach cancer.
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Study reveals CT scan overuse could account for 1 in 20 new US cancers
A new study projects that CT scans performed in the US in 2023 could cause around 103,000 future cancers, potentially ...
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Study quantifies CT scan link to future cancer risk: What to know
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 ...
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Chest CT Scans Can Help Diagnose Pneumonia
Patients are exposed to 2% of the radiation of a normal CT scan TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose CT chest scans could help detect pneumonia in at-risk patients while exposing ...
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Chest CT Scans Can Help Diagnose Pneumonia
Between September 2020 and December 2022, 54 patients with compromised immune systems who had fevers underwent a pair of chest CT scans -- a normal dose scan and an ultra-low-dose scan.