An AI tool in Epic is helping detect lung cancer early — and could expand to more use cases. Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital Health Network continues to see results from the technology since ...

Lung cancer remains the world’s deadliest cancer, and cigarette smoke is its chief culprit. Chemicals in tobacco, such as ...

Medically reviewed by Rony Kampalath, MD Computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are two types of imaging procedures. They both create detailed images of the internal body ...

A deep learning model was able to predict future lung cancer risk from a single low-dose chest CT scan, according to new ... and many people without conventional risk factors don't meet screening ...

The most common new malignancies in adults included lung cancer (n = 21,400 ... “But we go straight to a CT scan to assess for suspected pulmonary embolism without first using the D-dimer ...

Researchers projected that CT scans performed in 2023 alone could eventually lead to approximately 103,000 future cancer cases. These projected cancers would affect various organs, with lung ...

Radiation from imaging could lead to deadly lung ... CT scans are overused, including those for upper respiratory infections or for headaches without symptoms. “Most patients will not develop ...

The most common adult cancers were lung ... to get cancer compared to others in the study. The researchers said some CT scans are unlikely to help patients, and are overused, such as those for upper ...

Among adults, the most common cancers linked to CT scans were lung, colon, leukemia, bladder, and breast cancer. For children ... infections or headaches without alarming symptoms.

Radiation from CT scans ... to lead to cancer. Adults 50 to 59 had the highest number of projected cancers: 10,400 cases to women, 9,300 to men. The most common adult cancers were lung, colon ...