Article: Study: CT Scans Raise Cancer Risk

Article: You heard it here first: CT scans and cancer ...
Women's Health Activist;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Journal of Medicine on November 29, the media covered the story with headlines such as: "CT scans raise cancer risk", "Rise in CT scans poses cancer risk", and "Cancer tied to needless CT scans". While we're delighted that the broader ...

Article: Needless CT scans tied to cancer risk
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  November 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... due to radiation from CT scans given now, according ... has had three or four CT scans at some point in the ... survivors who had excess cancer risk after exposures of 50 ... equivalent of several big CT scans. "That's very controversial ...

Article: Too much of CT scans may increase cancer ...
Asian News International;  April 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Undergoing CT scans a number of times ... their estimated cancer risk by 1 percent or ... had diagnostic CT scans at Brigham and ... the baseline US cancer risk rate of 42 percent ... large number of CT scans, its benefits ...

Article: Radiation from from full-body CT scans may increase ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Radiation from full-body CT scans may increase cancer risk, study finds Exam enough to ... August 31, 2004 Whole-body CT scans, long controversial because ... benefits far outweigh the risks." CT scans, short for computed tomography ...

Article: Whole-body CT scans may pose some cancer ...
OB GYN News;  October 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Whole-body CT scans used for screening purposes ... significant increase in solid cancer risk," the authors noted ... findings apply to whole-body CT scans, said Dr. Borgstede ... Center, Denver. Diagnostic CT scans are different: "Number ...

Article: Study: CT scans raise cancer risk
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  November 29, 2007 ;     550 words ... ... States might be due to radiation from CT scans given now, according to the authors of ... doubled since 1980, largely because of CT scans. Medical radiation now accounts for more ... and more than 1 million children getting CT scans are needlessly being put at risk, Brenner ...

Article: CT scans raise cancer risk, ...
Post-Tribune (IN);  November 29, 2007 ;     398 words ... ... percent of all cancers in the United States might be due to radiation from CT scans given now, according to the authors of the report. Some experts say ... radiation exposure has nearly doubled since 1980, largely because of CT scans.