Diagnostic Imaging April 18, 2025
Recently published research projected that 103,000 future cases of radiation-induced cancer would result from 93 million computed tomography (CT) exams performed in the United States in 2023.
In a risk modeling study that incorporated current utilization and radiation dosing for computed tomography (CT) scans, researchers projected that radiation-induced cancers from CT exams may eventually comprise 5 percent of newly diagnosed cancers annually.
Here are nine key takeaways from the research, which was recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine and discussed in a video interview with lead study author Rebecca Smith-Bindman, M.D., the director of the Radiology Outcomes Research Laboratory and a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine.
1. The researchers...
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