This cancer affects the throat and is known for sneaking up without many symptoms—making it very dangerous. Over the years, more people have been dying from it, and doctors say the best way to ...

There are, however, some major issues with the media reports. Although CT scans can and sometimes do cause cancer in patients, the reality is that you probably aren’t in much danger when you go ...

But preliminary results from an Italian team today showed how combining CT scans and a different scanning technique called positron emission tomography (PET) can reliably detect early lung cancer.

CT scans are a vital part of modern medicine. Found in every hospital and many clinics, they give doctors a fast and detailed look inside the body – helping to diagnose everything from cancer ...

Having said that, CT scans use ionising radiation, unlike other imaging techniques like X-rays, digital X-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound. Ionizing radiation can damage DNA, ...

post-treatment brain scans and flag patients at risk of cancer recurrence. Their results are published in NEJM AI. "Many pediatric gliomas are curable with surgery alone, but when relapses occur ...

X-rays and CT scans have revolutionized medicine. Doctors can look inside the body and diagnose diseases even before people feel ill. But medical imaging that uses radiation comes at a cost. A new ...

Computer tomography scans, or CT scans, are an invaluable tool for diagnosing cancer and other conditions. But in a cruel twist, the medical imaging technique may be more harmful than once thought ...

The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, warns that CT scans performed in the US in 2023 alone could eventually lead to over 100,000 extra cancer cases.If the current rate of scanning ...

Alarms have been raised by researchers over the potential cancer risks associated with CT scans. A recent study featured in JAMA Internal Medicine indicates that radiation from CT (computed tomography ...

Alarms have been raised by researchers over the potential cancer risks associated with CT scans. A recent study featured in JAMA Internal Medicine indicates that radiation from CT (computed ...

As PSMA-PET/CT is routinely used for prostate cancer diagnosis due to its improved accuracy over traditional imaging techniques, an increasing number of non-prostate lesions are also being identified.