This medical test may cause cancer due to ‘unfathomable’ mistake — and it’s performed 93M times a year in the US
As the federal government investigates America’s chronic disease epidemic, some experts are warning that a popular diagnostic ...
Woman Climbs Kilimanjaro After Life-Changing Blood Cancer Diagnosis
This is Allison’s personal multiple myeloma story, and others may be different. Allison is a paid spokesperson for GSK.
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What Are Bone Scans for Cancer?
A bone scan is a nuclear imaging test that can help tell you if you have certain types of bone disease. You may get this kind of scan to see if cancer has spread to your bones or to view how well ...
CT wedding shop owner turns to advocacy after stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis at 33
The owner of the Wedding Dress in Portland was set to marry in July but after her stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis in January, ...
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Some CT scans may have too much radiation, researchers say
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 ...
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Hospitals face new Medicare rules on CT scan safety
Under new federal rules, doctors and imaging centers have to more closely track and report the doses of radiation that ...
Common Medical Scan ‘Routinely’ Delivers Excess Radiation, May Cause 36,000 Cases of Cancer a Year
The scans are estimated to cause 2% of annual cancers — but new measures could keep radiation at safer levels.
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DUOncoTM Bone : First CE marked IA algorithm for automatic detection of bone lesions on CT scan.
DUOncoTM Bone : First CE marked IA algorithm for automatic detection of bone lesions on CT scan. DUOncoTM Bone : First CE ...
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Some CT scans deliver too much radiation, researchers say. Regulators want to know more.
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 have ...
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The Role Of PET/CT Scan In Cancer Treatment
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.