About 40% of cancers among Americans can be attributed to potentially modifiable factors such as smoking, drinking, obesity, and physical inactivity. If a widely reported study from earlier this year ...

For me, five years after being declared NED (No Evidence of Disease - the medical term for remission) following treatment for ...

The prevalent use of CT scans may account for 1 in 20 cancers annually, according to new research. The study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggests CT-related radiation is linked to ...

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 this ...

Computer tomography scans, or CT scans, are an invaluable tool for diagnosing cancer and other conditions. But in a cruel twist, the medical imaging technique may be more harmful than once thought, ...

Low-dose chest CT for lung cancer screening provides the opportunity to simultaneously screen patients for osteoporosis, detecting notably higher rates of osteoporosis in men than the traditional tool ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Lung Cancer, Scan, Essay Can Be Used Only To Illustrate Cancer, ...

In a study of more than 31,000 adults, an EHR-integrated patient-facing tool significantly improved identification of ...

Although Lung Cancer Awareness Month is observed nationally in November, a woman who attended a Let’s Hear It meet-up said ...

Elekta EKTAY recently announced that its Elekta Evo CT-Linac has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA, making the system ...

Computed tomography (CT) examinations (known more commonly as a “CT scan” or “CAT scan”) incorporate a series of x-ray images taken of areas inside the body and use a computer to create a ...