Computed tomography (CT) scans could soon account for 5 percent of all new cancer cases diagnosed annually if current ...

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.

This new study is just the latest to question the safety of CT scans. These scans work like an X-ray ... and visible light—and for the most part, does not pose harm to one’s health.

Nowadays, from minor injuries to serious diseases, doctors advise patients to get a CT Scan done immediately. With the help ...

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 ...

A large-scale study of CT scans performed in the ... Everything we do in health care comes with potential risk. CT scanning, just like everything else, has potential risks and potential benefits.” ...

Her team set out to correct that situation by quantifying the number of cancers that stem from CT imaging. How Often Do CT ... Get CT Scans? Nonetheless, it’s true that CT scans—like most ...

RASCOE: So can you explain briefly, how do CT scans work? SMITH-BINDMAN ... around the patient in a full circle in a machine that looks like a doughnut. And it uses many, many more X-rays ...