Are CT scans silently triggering a cancer epidemic — or are we being misled by speculative modeling and media-fueled fear? A ...

A 79-year-old man with recurrent oropharyngeal cancer has developed the first documented case of severe drug-induced interstitial lung disease following photoimmunotherapy with cetuximab-sarotalocan ...

Bronchiectasis is one of the most neglected chronic lung diseases despite the fact it impacts 300,000 people in the UK ...

The internal review has identified a growing trend of chronic lung diseases, such as bronchiectasis, emphysema, fibrosis, and bronchial wall thickening, among young adults undergoing routine CT chest ...

Figure 1 CT scans of a patient without bronchiectasis (A) and showing the development of bronchiectasis seven years later (B). With permission of the Journal of Clinical Infectious Disease.

An estimated 5.17% of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases also have bronchiectasis, as shown in chest CT scans of patients with IBD.

The study highlights that while the risk from a single scan is low, it is not zero. Children and teenagers are at higher risk because their bodies are still developing.

In 2023 alone, Americans underwent 93 million CT scans, a figure that researchers say could result in nearly 103,000 new cancer cases – three to four times higher than previous estimates.

A recently published study has found that the radiation from CT scans could potentially lead to thousands of cancer diagnoses "These findings suggest that if current radiation dosing and ...

Imaging records were reviewed, focusing on prior chest CT scans, which were independently re-evaluated by radiologists blinded to clinical data to confirm the presence of BE. Among the cohort, 254 ...

Indeed, prompt diagnosis, early treatment to avoid irreversibility and prevention of bronchiectasis are all emphasised in the ERS clinical practice guidelines for managing children and adolescents ...

Radiological severity was assessed using the patient’s most recent CT scan, following the modified Reiff scoring system as previously described. 16 Disease severity was evaluated using the ...