Radiation from CT scans may cause as many as 5% of cancers diagnosed each year in the United States, research suggests.

A Bahrain study shows CT scans to check for blood clots in lung blood vessels increased significantly in people with sickle ...

According to Dr Mutua, a PET scan can detect cancer in lymph nodes and organs that appear normal on a chest CT scan. “Since PET scans cover a larger area of the body, from the skull to the ...

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

Branwen Hywel from Anglesey is a non-smoker who is determined to overcome prejudice surrounding this form of cancer ...

A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging​, or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.

Computed tomography (CT) scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually ... The most common adult cancers were lung, colon, leukemia, bladder and breast. The most frequently projected cancers in ...

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 ...