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CT Scans Can Increase Your Cancer Risk
CT scan radiation is expected to cause about 103,000 future cancers among the 61.5 million people who received a CT in 2023, researchers reported April 14 in JAMA Internal Medicine. In fact, if current imaging practices persist, CT scans might eventually account for 5% of new cancer diagnoses annually, researchers said.
Non-enhanced CT scans rarely aid in the detection of haemorrhage but significantly increase the overall radiation exposure.
CT scans, or CAT scans, are widely used to get internal images of the body and diagnose dangerous medical conditions, but they could pose a hidden risk. Doctors discuss.
Researchers from UC San Francisco have announced a study that found computed tomography, or CT scans, may account for as much as 5% of all cancers annually. This is comparative to the cancer risk from ...
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