Cell Damage Occurs When People Have CT Scans: Study

Cell Damage Occurs When People Have CT Scans: Study
by Robert Preidt, consumer.healthday.com, 22 July 2015
But whether this could trigger cancer or other health issues remains unclear, experts say

WEDNESDAY, July 22, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Cellular damage occurs when people undergo CT scans, but whether or not this causes cancer or any other health problems is unclear, a new study finds.

"The use of medical imaging for heart disease has exploded in the past decade," study senior author Dr. Joseph Wu, director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, said in a Stanford news release.

"These tests expose patients to a non-trivial amount of low-dose radiation," Wu added. "But nobody really knows exactly what this low-dose radiation does to the patient. We now have the technology that allows us to look at very subtle, cell-level changes."

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