CT Scan Radiation Safety Concerns
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Some CT scans may have too much radiation, researchers say
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About 93 million CT scans are performed every year in the United States .
Yet there is scant regulation of radiation levels as the machines scan organs and structures inside bodies.
One CT scan can expose a patient to 10 or 15 times as much radiation as another, a researcher says.
The new data collection rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued in the closing months of the Biden administration.
Concerns about CT dosing are long-standing.
CT scans were responsible for 29,000 excess cancer cases a year in the United States .
By 2016 , the number of CT scans was estimated at 74 million , up 20% in a decade .
Some researchers have noted that U.S. doctors order far more imaging than other developed countries.
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