Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

CT scans represent an important diagnostic tool for many conditions. ... Ultra-low-dose CT can diagnose pneumonia in immunocompromised patients while using far less radiation. Mar 13, 2025.

Background: A randomized phase II/III trial (JCOG1008) suggested that postoperative chemoradiotherapy (POCRT) with weekly cisplatin is a treatment option for patients with postoperative high-risk ...

May 8, 2025 – If you’ve ever hesitated before getting a CT scan, you’re not alone. A recent study linked 5% of all new cancer cases to radiation exposure from CT scans – a finding that’s ...

New research projects that the tens of millions of CT scans performed in the US in 2023 could result in over 100,000 cases of cancer.

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

In 2023 alone, Americans underwent 93 million CT scans, a figure that researchers say could result in nearly 103,000 new cancer cases – three to four times higher than previous estimates.

The study aimed to project the impact of CT scans carried out in 2023, in terms of the lifetime cancer risk in the US population. From their dataset, the team – led by Dr Rebecca Smith-Bindman ...

Your next computed tomography, or CT, scan might be riskier than commonly assumed. A study out today calculates that CT scans are contributing to a substantially greater share of cancer cases than ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that cautions against overusing and overdosing CTs. The danger is greatest ...

A 40-year-old woman, a non-smoker with severe obesity, depression under treatment, and multiple episodes of aspiration pneumonia, was referred to our center for a 40mmx30mm left lower lesion on a CT ...

Key Takeaways Low-dose CT scans can help detect pneumoniaRadiologists accurately detected pneumonia in low-dose scans cleaned ...