CT Scans Linked to 103,000 Annual Cancer Cases in the US, Study Finds

CT scans could drive 103,000 cancer cases in a year, research warns

CT-associated cancer could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses each year, the study projects.

CT Scans Save Lives But Researchers Now Say They Could Also Be Behind 100,000 Future Cancer Cases

The benefits still outweigh the risks, but healthy people should stay away from full-body CT scans.

‘Many cancers could occur’ if CT scan practices don’t change: docs

Physicians say infants and children are the most at risk from harmful CT radiation

CT Scans Could Result in Over 100,000 New Cancers in the US

The number of CT exams performed in the US has jumped over 30 percent since 2007, with about 93 million scans in 2023 alone. That’s nearly one for every three Americans. All the cool kids are getting CT scans. And all the kids with cancer, too, apparently, as a study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine posits that it’s at least theoretically possible that around 103,000 of those CT scans in 2023 could contribute to the development of…

New study finds CT scans could be a major contributor to cancer in the US

A new study shows that CT scans are likely an "important cause of cancer" in the United States, resulting in over 100,000 cases annually.The new research was published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday by University of California, San Francisco scientists.The study indicated that CT scans could account for 5% of cancer cases throughout the U.S., more than tripling previous estimates. UCSF estimates that 93 million CT scans were performed in th…

Radiation from CT scans linked to future cancer risks in children and adults

Radiation from imaging could lead to lung, breast and other future cancers, with 10-fold increased risk for babies.