Department of Radiation Oncology and the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) analyzed the pre-treatment CT scans of patients with head and neck ...

The scans are estimated to cause 2% of annual cancers — but new measures could keep radiation at safer levels.

Under new federal rules, doctors and imaging centers have to more closely track and report the doses of radiation that ...

When diagnosing lung metastases and second primary lung cancer in patients with head and neck cancer, low-dose CT leads to better sensitivity than chest x-ray but does not lead to improved overall ...

Computed tomography, commonly called a CT scan or CAT scan ... Remember that the odds are the lump on your neck probably isn’t thyroid cancer, but you’re doing the right thing to get it ...

Hospitals and imaging centers are now required to track and report radiation exposure from CT scans under new Medicare ...

Doctors don’t have a specific limit on the number of CT scans you can have safely. But your cancer risk does go up the more CT sessions you have. The best way to lower your risk of any issues is ...

Ongoing research shows it’s probably higher, since far more scans are performed today. The cancer risk from CT scans for any individual patient is very low, although it rises for patients who ...

PET/CT is a useful tool to ... at the primary site of the cancer and at the areas where it has spread. After an hour, the patient is taken to the scan room for the procedure.

Cancers occurring in the mouth, nose, and throat are on the rise in the U.S., especially in younger people. About 60,000 new cases are diagnosed every year with one in five cases occurring in people ...