CT scan radiation is expected to cause about 103,000 future cancers among the 61.5 million people who received a CT in 2023, researchers reported April 14 in JAMA Internal Medicine. In fact, if current imaging practices persist, CT scans might eventually account for 5% of new cancer diagnoses annually, researchers said.

Why CT Scans Causing Cancer Technology has made many things easier in the medical field. Doctors use new technology to detect diseases. But this same technology can also give us new diseases. Something similar has come to light in a report related to CT scan cases,