New research reveals CT scans may cause 5% of U.S. cancer cases annually. Learn the risks, who's most vulnerable, and how to ...

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

Cancer risk from a single CT scan is low, but repeated exposure could increase the risk of radiation-induced cancer.

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

followed by chest CT scans. The most common cancers overall were lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia and bladder cancer. In female patients specifically, breast cancer was the second most common.

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 ...

Chest CT scans account for another 21,500 cancers, researchers said. Children and teenagers have a higher risk of developing cancer from CT scan radiation, but adults account for 90% of projected ...