JAMA Internal Medicine published an article, Projected Lifetime Cancer Risks From Current Computed Tomography Imaging, that uses risk modeling to suggest that radiation from Computed Tomography (CT) ...

When testing approximately 48,000 CT machines in 17 hospitals, Smith-Bindman’s research found that 30% of the scanners emitted ... that risk substantially without reducing the value of the ...

A 2025 study from the University of California, San Francisco, estimates that about 5% of all cancers in the U.S.—around 103,000 cases each year—could be linked to CT scan radiation.

Researchers projected CT use in 2023 would lead to more than 100,000 future cancer diagnoses, and if trends continued, may ...

In some cases, the information provided by a CT scan could also be obtained from ... a ‘freebie’ — you get the information you need without any harm.” CT scans produce highly detailed ...

A single chest CT scan delivers approximately ... but rather how many cases result from medical imaging and how to minimize this number without sacrificing essential diagnostic capabilities.

This month’s case involves 2 clinicians who assumed that if blood work had been normal in the past, it would remain normal.

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 ...

They could account for 5 percent of all cases annually ... infections or for headaches without symptoms. “Most patients will not develop cancer from a CT scan,” Smith-Bindman told KQED.

When you get an X-ray, it can be a bit unnerving: The radiology technician puts on a lead gown or ducks behind a barrier before running the scan ... cancer without the additional CT risk.