There is a positive association between exposure to at least 1 head/neck CT scan and the risk for pediatric brain tumors.

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

The most common types of cancers estimated to be a result of CT scans were lung cancer and colon cancer—two cancers that are ...

Radiation from the images causes 5 percent of cancer cases, according to a new study. The doctor who made this grim discovery ...

Corinthia Black studies the anatomical features of fishes and spiders to understand how life on Earth takes shape ...

A dad was diagnosed with a brain tumour after dismissing a seizure for holiday "overindulgence and exhaustion". Wayne Lewis, ...

A dad was diagnosed with a brain tumour after dismissing a seizure for holiday "overindulgence and exhaustion". Wayne Lewis, ...

CT scans performed in the US in 2023 alone could eventually lead to over 100,000 extra cancer cases, a new study claims.

Radiation from computed tomography (CT) scans may cause as many as 5% of cancers ... 21,500), spine (n=11,600), full body (n=7600), and head (n=7300). The most common projected cancers in children ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans use X-rays to create detailed internal ... while in children the biggest risk came from CTs of the head. Cancers predicted to arise from the excess radiation ...

CT scans produce highly detailed X-ray images of the body’s ... need as many as four photos of a single area — and the location scanned, such as the head or the abdomen. To that data, they applied the ...

A Jersey brain tumour patient has said "processes weren't followed" after she experienced a delay in her diagnosis because she was not offered a CT scan. Sophie Reid, 36, was taken to Jersey ...