Forbes April 29, 2025
In the past few weeks, radiologists such as myself have fielded numerous questions from concerned patients who have read news articles such as “Study highlights cancer risk from millions of CT scans performed annually“ and “Radiation from CT scans could lead to thousands of future cancer diagnoses.” Their questions ultimately boil down to, “Will I get a cancer from my CT scan?” I would like to address this question and help put patients’ minds at ease.
The news articles are based on a recent research paper published in JAMA by Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman (a radiologist) and colleagues, “Projected Lifetime Cancer Risks From Current Computed Tomography Imaging.” They analyzed 93 million CT scans performed on 62 million patients drawn from 20...
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