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

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

"These findings suggest that if current radiation dosing and utilization practices continue, CT-associated cancers could ...

A 2009 study highlighted the need for greater standardization of the use of CT scans, finding that radiation doses from commonly used scans were higher than generally quoted. The new study ...

Radiation from CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that ...

Using CT scans, doctors can more easily diagnose problems such as cancers, cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, trauma and musculoskeletal disorders. » What are the typical radiation doses ...

And if current practices persist at these same utilization and radiation dose levels, the researchers believe, CT-associated cancer could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses each ...

“We keep doing more and more CTs, and the doses keep going up.” One CT scan can expose a patient to 10 or 15 times as much radiation as another, Smith-Bindman said. “There is very large ...