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Medical professionals use CT scans to help diagnose and stage bladder cancer. While CT scans can provide valuable information, they are not perfect and have certain limitations. However, CT scans may ...

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body's internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

If you need medical imaging tests done, you may wonder how much an MRI, CT scan, or other imaging test costs and how these tests differ. Hospitals and medical facilities negotiate the prices of ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman about her research indicating CT scans, which emit radiation, will cause some 100,000 cases of cancer annually. X-rays and CT scans have ...

A study has found that CT (computed tomography) scans increase the risk of developing cancer. CT is an examination that uses X-rays to capture images inside the body, making it possible to diagnose ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A recent report from the American Cancer Society raises new concerns about higher cancer rates in younger people. Local doctors say screening is more critical than ever right now ...

There is a test that could diminish the toll of the nation’s top cancer killer—if people would use it. Doctors are pushing harder to make that happen. Lung cancer kills upward of 127,000 people in the ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas—The U.S. Army Medical Test and Evaluation Activity conduced a follow-on operational test for the CT Scanner ISO and CT Scanner system for the U.S. Army ...