Scientist Smackdown: Are Unnecessary CT Scans Killing People?

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By Andrew Moseman
Dec 17, 2009 2:12 AMNov 20, 2019 4:55 AM
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Are CT scans putting thousands of people in unnecessary jeopardy for cancers and death? That was the suggestion by two new studies out this week, leaving radiologists scrambling to explain the true level of danger to worried patients.

A separate study, published in the same journal—the Archives of Internal Medicine—cited those radiation levels and the fact that CT scans have grown tremendously (from 3 million in 1980 to 70 million in 2007) to try to quantify the danger.

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