Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching ...

Ongoing research shows it’s probably higher, since far more scans are performed today. The cancer risk from CT scans for any individual patient is very low, although it rises for patients who ...

CT scans, a go-to for diagnosing everything from tumors to infections to bone fractures, are facing increased scrutiny. Experts say the radiation doses they deliver can vary dramatically — and ...

The rules, which began rolling out in January, come as researchers raise concerns that excessive CT scan radiation may contribute to cancer risk. Used to diagnose conditions ranging from cancer to ...

A medical test used to detect cancer may actually be contributing to the disease, research suggests. Computerized tomography (CT) scans use X-rays to create detailed images of the body and are ...

Researchers conducted a prospective, longitudinal cohort study involving individuals with current or former habit, who had ...