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April 14, 2025 – The most common types of cancers estimated to be a result of CT scans were lung cancer and colon cancer—two cancers that are becoming more common in younger people for reasons experts do not fully understand. The types of CT scans linked to the greatest number of cancers were abdomen and pelvis CT scans.
The study’s authors—led by epidemiology and biostatistics researchers at the University of California, San Francisco—concluded that doctors should use CT scans when they can be justified and at optimized doses to balance the risks and benefits.
“CT is frequently lifesaving, yet its potential harms are often overlooked, and even very small cancer risks will lead to a significant number of future cancers given the tremendous volume of CT use in the United States,” they write. Since 2007, use of CT scans has increased 35 percent, an increase not entirely explained by population growth, they note.
