Cindy was a healthy, 35-year-old woman with no symptoms of cancer when she joined the American Lung Association’s Lung Health ...

A CT scan is not just a diagnostic tool; it is often the first step in life-saving intervention. It provides detailed, high-resolution images of vital organs such as the brain, chest, and abdomen ...

New research projects that the tens of millions of CT scans performed in the US in 2023 could result in over 100,000 cases of ...

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

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman about her research indicating CT scans, which emit radiation, will cause some 100,000 cases of cancer annually.

CT (computed tomography ) scans are a vital part of modern medicine. Found in every hospital and many clinics, they give doctors a fast and detailed look inside the body — helping to diagnose ...

Patients between the ages of 60 and 69 were the age group with the most scans, accounting for nearly ten million in all. The most common projected cancers were lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia, and ...

RASCOE: So can you explain briefly, how do CT scans work? SMITH-BINDMAN: Absolutely. So a conventional radiograph, like an X-ray of the chest or the arm - you have X-rays that come from the front ...

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