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Mark Lythgoe: Do We Need to Rationalise CT Scans in Medicine?
May 6, 2025, 10:59

Mark Lythgoe: Do We Need to Rationalise CT Scans in Medicine?

Mark Lythgoe, Clinical Research Fellow in Oncology therapy/drug development at Imperial College London, shared a post on X about a paper by Rebecca Smith-Bindman et al. published in JAMA Internal Medicine:

“Do we need to rationalise CT Scans in medicine? Study in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests current CT usage could result in 1 in 20 of ALL cancers in the near future…”

Title: Projected Lifetime Cancer Risks From Current Computed Tomography Imaging

Authors: Rebecca Smith-Bindman, Philip Chu, Hana Azman Firdaus, Carly Stewart, Matthew Malekhedayat, Susan Alber, Wesley Bolch, Malini Mahendra, Amy Berrington de González, Diana Miglioretti.

Mark Lythgoe: Do We Need to Rationalise CT Scans in Medicine?

Read the Full Article on JAMA Internal Medicine.

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