But a recent study conducted in the US in 2023 and published in JAMA Internal Medicine says CT scans could cause over 1,00,000 extra cancer cases. Lata Mishra speaks to HN Reliance Foundation ...

When you get an X-ray, it can be a bit unnerving: The radiology technician puts on a lead gown or ducks behind a barrier before running the scan ... get cancer without the additional CT risk.

at the National Hospital has been out of service for the past two weeks leading to the suspension of appointment scheduling for CT and MRI scans, sources said. According to informed sources ...

CT 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 everything from cancer ...

A new study has sparked some concern as it says that computed tomography (CT) examinations in the US could result in 103,000 future cancers, which would account for 5% of all new cancer ... for other ...

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Doctors have known that radiation exposure from computed tomography—also called a CT scan—comes with cancer risk. But the risk seems to be higher than previously expected, according to a new study ...

That figure has raised concerns. Especially when you consider that the number of CT scans done in the US has jumped by 30% in just over a decade. In 2023, there were an estimated 93 million CT ...

A new analysis estimates that more than 100,000 cancer cases per year could ... you get the information you need without any harm.” CT scans produce highly detailed X-ray images of the body ...

According to this research, CT scans may be responsible for about 5% of all cancers in the United States each year. That’s a big number—around 103,000 cancer cases in 2023 alone—based on the ...