Cancer Risk Increases Among Youngsters Undergoing CT Scans

According to a study carried out by Australian researchers, it has been revealed that cancer risk gets increased among youngsters who have undergone CT scan.

The study was carried out by a group of researchers from the Melbourne University School of Population and Global Health. The researchers have urged to levy a limit on the use of CT scans.

"Future CT scans should be limited to situations where there is a definite clinical indication, with every scan optimised to provide a diagnostic CT image at the lowest possible radiation dose", said the study.

The study, published on bmj. com, has found that youngsters who underwent CT scans were 24% more likely to suffer from cancer in comparison to others who have not undergone the scans.

Lead researcher Professor John Matthews said that if youngsters continued to undergo cancer then in the group of 10,000 youngsters, 39 cancers can be expected in the next 10 years.

In order to reach at the above given result, the researchers reviewed 10.9 million people and the data of the same was taken from Australian Medicare records. It has been recommended that doctors should compare benefit against the potential risk when it comes to CT scans.

Source: http://topnews.us/content/255170-cancer-risk-increases-among-youngsters-undergoing-ct-scans

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