UC-San Francisco: Popular CT Scans Could Account for 5% of All Cancer Cases A Year
April 17, 2025
April 17, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 17 -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release:
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Popular CT Scans Could Account for 5% of All Cancer Cases A Year
Radiation from imaging could lead to lung, breast and other future cancers, with a 10-fold increased risk for babies.
Computed tomography (CT) scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that cautio . . .
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Popular CT Scans Could Account for 5% of All Cancer Cases A Year
Radiation from imaging could lead to lung, breast and other future cancers, with a 10-fold increased risk for babies.
Computed tomography (CT) scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that cautio . . .