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Popular CT Scans Could Account for 5% of All Cancer Cases a Year

by hsuduebc2 on 4/19/25, 8:48 PM with 9 comments

  • by watermelon0 on 4/19/25, 9:19 PM

  • by lambertsimnel on 4/19/25, 9:38 PM

    If popular CT scans do account for 5% of all cancer cases a year, don't they do that regardless of the time interval?

  • by badmonster on 4/19/25, 9:28 PM

    Thank you for highlighting the risks of overusing CT scans - especially for children. The comparison to known carcinogens like alcohol and excess weight really puts it in perspective.

  • by ein0p on 4/19/25, 9:49 PM

    I wish we could get such adverse effects stats for all other medical treatments from common medicines, to psych drugs, to other types of diagnostics (e.g. it is known that MRI causes cancer, too), all the way to vaccinations (especially the newer ones), ordered by the sizes of treated populations, descending. Guess which number is larger in the US, all homicides or deaths due to medical errors? The latter is 10x of the former, it's the third most prevalent cause of death, after heart disease and cancer. And these stats could blow the stats out even worse. It is not a coincidence that we at the same time over-medicate and don't live very long.