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A new analysis estimates that more than 100,000 cancer cases per year could be caused by radiation from CT scans. In some cases, the information provided by a CT scan could also be obtained from ...
A recent study has raised concerns over the widespread use of Computed Tomography (CT) scans, warning that the technology may come with a hidden health cost. According to a report published in JAMA ...
Researchers from the United Kingdom and the United States report that computed tomography (CT) scans could drive an estimated 103,000 future cancer cases. If true, that would mean CT scans would ...
(Gray News) - CT scans could be an “important cause of cancer” in the United States, according to a new study. According to the study by scientists at the University of California, San ...
Getty A new study has found that the radiation from CT scans could eventually lead to over 100,000 future cancer diagnoses. On Monday, April 14, JAMA Internal Medicine — a monthly peer-reviewed ...
Based on data from 93 million CT scans performed on 62 million people in 2023, the researchers estimated that the CT scans would lead to 103,000 future cancers. To put that in context, those ...
Approximately 93 million computed tomography examinations, or CT scans, are performed on 62 million patients annually in the United States — but the radiation from that process can raise the ...
When the Dana Farber Cancer Institute announced that it was opening a new, $1.7 billion, 300-bed inpatient cancer hospital in 2028 along with Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, the announcement ...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute nurse scientists and clinicians are presenting key studies at the 50th annual Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Congress taking place from April 9-13, 2025, in Denver.
Full-body scans use different technologies, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) or positron emission tomography (PET), according to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.