Researchers have found that exposure to radiation from CT scans is associated with higher risks of developing thyroid cancer and leukemia, but according to health experts here, the probability of CT scans inducing cancers is very minimal. Published in the journal JNCI Cancer Spectrum, the study based on a National Health Insurance dataset in Taiwan between 2000 and 2013 followed 22,853 thyroid cancer, 13,040 leukemia, and 20,157 non-Hodgkin lymphoma cases.

#Researchers have found that exposure to radiation from CT scans is associated with higher risks of developing thyroid #cancer and #leukemia, but according to #health experts, the probability of CT scans inducing cancers is very minimal.

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Results showed that patients who developed thyroid cancer and leukemia had a significantly higher likelihood of having received CT scans. 'The probability of CT scans inducing cancers is very minimal. Very long and prolonged radiation exposure can cause skin redness, but the chance of developing malignancy is extremely less," Gaurav Dixit, Senior Consultant, Clinical Haematologist, Action Cancer Hospital in New Delhi told IANS.