A new analysis estimates that more than 100,000 cancer cases per year could be caused by radiation from CT scans. In some cases, the information provided by a CT scan could also be obtained from other ...

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, a professor at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine's ...

Using MRI instead of CT guidance to zero in on prostate tumors enables more precise delivery of SBRT and lowers side effect rates. MRI vs CT guidance reduces side effects from prostate cancer ...

Computed tomography (CT) examinations (known more commonly as a “CT scan” or “CAT scan”) incorporate a series of x-ray images taken of areas inside the body and use a computer to create a ...

A commonly used computerized scan may slightly increase cancer risk over a person’s lifetime. That’s according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, an online publication of the American ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m scheduled for a CT scan, and I’ve never had one before. What does a CT scan do, what will it be like ...