Study stirs debate over full-body scans&#39; cancer risk
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A new study raises questions about the safety of healthy people undergoing full-body CT screenings to detect disease early on. USA TODAY&#39;s Liz Szabo talked to leading experts about the procedure and the study&#39;s findings.
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Reaction has been mixed to the findings of the New Zealand Cervical Cancer Screening Audit, released today. The College of GPs expressed concern, but little surprise at the findings, while the New Zealand
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TORONTO (CP) - MRI scans detect breast cancer at twice the rate of traditional screening procedures, says a Canadian-led study that suggests only the most at-risk women consider the costly procedure because of its tremendous false positive rate.
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Researchers find a strong association between body mass index and a variety of cancers.
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Radiation exposure from a yearly full-body scan could dramatically increase the lifetime risk of cancer, researchers report in a new study.
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Does less fat equal less breast cancer? That&#39;s a question many Canadian women are asking as Dr. Norman Boyd&#39;s unique diet and breast cancer study goes into its final year.
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A special type of X-ray used to diagnose heart disease may cause cancer in women and young adults and should be used with caution, U.S. doctors reported on Tuesday.
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A new breast scan using a souped-up kind of X-ray called a CT scan may be more accurate than a standard mammogram -- and much less uncomfortable, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study.
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A UK panel examining radiation risks says official estimates of the dangers to health may be wide of the mark.
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Over half of those concerned about a strong family history of cancer are right to be, a study suggests.
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Women with a high genetic risk of breast cancer run a better chance of having it detected with magnetic resonance imaging than with mammography or other methods.
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ONE of the most comprehensive studies ever undertaken into health in Scotland has revealed devastating evidence of a link between childhood obesity and an increased risk of cancer.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be the best screening tool for breast cancer in women who carry the genetic mutation that makes them susceptible to the disease, according to new research.
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NEW YORK  - The increased risk of cancer from the radiation used in a CT scan is negligible compared with the benefits for children who need a scan, according to investigators at Cincinnati's Hospital for Children in Ohio.
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A new study says there's no excuse not to get a bone density scan
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WEDNESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging can identify an aggressive form of kidney cancer and may eliminate the need for biopsy in some patients, U.S. researchers report.