After a month, Karla underwent proton therapy, a type of radiation treatment that is used to remove any tumor remains in the ...

The most common projected cancers in adults were lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia, bladder cancer, and stomach cancer.

CT scans of the abdomen and pelvis were projected to cause the greatest number of cancers. Full-body and spine CT scans also pose greater risk because they scan in multiple phases and involve ...

A little girl was diagnosed with a rare syndrome after being born without her left ear. Gaja Stawska, aged just 22 months, ...

A CT scan of the abdomen can show the organs, blood vessels, and bones in your abdominal cavity. The multiple images provided by the scan can give your doctor many different views of your body.

CT scans of internal organs, bone, soft tissue and blood vessels provide greater clarity and reveal more details than X ray or radiograph exams. X ray images are two dimensional representations while ...

Radiation from computed tomography (CT) scans may cause as many as 5% of cancers ... the abdomen and pelvis (n=37,500), chest (n=21,500), spine (n=11,600), full body (n=7600), and head (n=7300).