Studies quantify radiation doses, cancer risks from CT scans

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 08:35 in Health & Medicine

Doses of radiation from commonly performed computed tomography (CT) scans vary widely, appear higher than generally believed and may contribute to an estimated tens of thousands of future cancer cases, according to two reports in the December 14/28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...

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