Her CT scan confirmed a large, lobulated mass in the retroperitoneum arising from the pelvis. The mass was found to be arising from the sigmoid colon on laparotomy which was excised. Histopathology ...

Local experts said patients should be aware of the radiation risks of CT scans but not shy away from the technology, which ...

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

The most common projected cancers were lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia, and bladder cancer. As for the most problematic type of CT scan, the largest number of cancers — 37,500 — were ...

A new study has set off alarm bells, attributing the overuse of computed tomography – or CT – scans to around 5% of new cancer diagnoses annually. Since 2007, this imaging technology has seen ...

Computed tomography (CT ... scans performed in 2023 alone could eventually lead to approximately 103,000 future cancer cases. These projected cancers would affect various organs, with lung, colon ...

over 90% of CT scans are performed on adults, so it’s this group that faces the largest overall impact. The most common cancers linked to CT exposure are lung, colon, bladder and leukaemia.

The most common types of cancers estimated to be a result of CT scans were lung cancer and colon cancer—two cancers that are becoming more common in younger people for reasons experts do not ...

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.