This Just In From CNN

(Dec. 15) -- Common CT scans deliver much more radiation than scientists believed, and could be blamed for as many as 29,000 new cancers -- and 14,500 deaths -- annually, according to two studies reported in USA Today and the Los Angeles Times.

The research, published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine, shows that the same CT scans at different hospitals could expose patients to highly varied, and sometimes dangerous, doses of radiation.

"The articles in this issue make clear that there is far more radiation from medical CT scans than has been recognized previously," wrote the journal editor, according to the L.A. Times.

Women account for about two-thirds of the death rate, because they are more sensitive to radiation, the Times reported.

Not everyone agrees with the studies' conclusions.

James Thrall, chairman of the American College of Radiology, said patients could have had conditions that predisposed them to cancer, he told USA Today.

Experts suggest patients keep copies of their medical records and ask about testing procedures that don't expose them to radiation, the national paper reported.


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