"Our whole lives changed at that moment. I cried and felt the floor drop from below us," Jodi McNamara told Newsweek.

CT scans may cause one in 20 cancers with the risk increasing for young children, a study has found. Computed tomography (CT) scans use X-rays to create detailed internal pictures of the body.

New Delhi [India], December 29: Head and neck cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the internal tissue of the mouth, throat, sinuses, salivary gland, neck and other areas.

A large-scale study of CT scans performed in the United States has estimated that the widely used medical technology could lead to more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the lives of patients.

CT scans commonly taken to help doctors detect injury and disease may also come with an alarming risk - they may account for 5 percent of all cancer cases each year, California physicians said ...

They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate overuse of CT scans is increasing the U.S. cancer burden.

In 2022, about 6.4 million CT scans were performed in Canada, which would translate to about 7,200 new cancer cases over the lives of those patients.

CT scans could be increasing your risk of cancer, new study finds CT scans may cause one in 20 cancers, a study has found, with the risk increasing for young children ...