Study examines cancer risk from pediatric radiation exposure from CT scans
Monday, June 10, 2013 - 21:31
in Health & Medicine
According to a study of seven U.S. healthcare systems, the use of computed tomography (CT) scans of the head, abdomen/pelvis, chest or spine, in children younger than age 14 more than doubled from 1996 to 2005, and this associated radiation is projected to potentially increase the risk of radiation-induced cancer in these children in the future.