Small cancer risk following CT scans in childhood and adolescence confirmed
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
Young people who undergo CT scans are 24 percent more likely to develop cancer compared with those who do not, a study published today on bmj.com suggests. However the absolute excess for all cancers combined was low, at 9.38 for every 100,000 person years of follow-up.