Radiation exposure and cancer risk with CT screening After 10 years of low-dose CT screening in patients, 1.5 lung cancers and 2.4 major cancers per 10,000 people screened were induced by radiation.

Increasingly, full-body computed tomography screening is being marketed to healthy people. In discussions of the pros and cons of this procedure, potential risks from radiation exposure frequently are ...

Misinformation and misunderstanding about the risks associated with ionizing radiation create heightened public concern and fear, and may result in avoidance of screening mammography that can detect ...

An effort to shore up the nation's port security cleared a House committee Wednesday after Republicans beat back a Democratic attempt to screen all cargo for radioactive material. Lawmakers once ...

For asymptomatic rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, a new radiation-free screening protocol can identify suspected interstitial lung involvement (ILI), according to a study published online Nov. 23 ...

A study based on computer modeling of radiation risk suggests that widespread screening for the buildup of calcium in the arteries using computed tomography scans would lead to an estimated 42 ...

Clinical Trial Accrual Targeting Genomic Alterations After Next-Generation Sequencing at a Non-National Cancer Institute–Designated Cancer Program We distributed a 21-item survey on cancer screening ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many facilities exceed recommended radiation doses for lung cancer screening CT scans. However, institutions ...

Some good news for business jets flying to the US as The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has welcomed a change that will ease the radiation-screening procedure conducted by U.S. Customs ...

Using new advanced spectroscopic radiation detector systems proposed by the Department of Homeland Security to detect radioactive materials on trucked cargo has been discouraged in a report from the ...