(excerpt from) USA Today
Radiation from CT scans linked to cancers, deaths
By Liz Szabo
CT scans [sometimes called Cat Scans] deliver far more radiation than has been believed and may contribute to 29,000 new cancers each year, along with 14,500 deaths, suggest two studies in today’s Archives of Internal Medicine. One study, led by the National Cancer Institute’s Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, used existing exposure data to estimate how many cancers might be caused by CT scans…
Doctors sometimes order CT scans for convenience because they don’t have access to results at another facility, says Rosaleen Parsons, chair of diagnostic imaging at Philadelphia’s Fox-Chase Cancer Center, who wasn’t involved in the new studies.
She suggests that patients keep their medical records and ask doctors about alternatives that don’t involve radiation exposure…
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