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Approx. 5% of all cancers in US are caused by CTs
by azan_ 8mo ago
Approx. 5% of all cancers in US are caused by CTs
- ErroneousBosh 8mo ago[citation needed]
- lostlogin 8mo ago5% seems a bit high, but we are nearly there. https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/news-publications/news-and-articles/acs-brief/may-13-2025-issue/ct-imaging-increases-lifetime-cancer-risks/ https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/news-publicat...
- ErroneousBosh 8mo agoI think they're reading too much into it. How are they determining "this cancer was caused by the CT scan" versus "this cancer was caused by the cancer we were originally looking for that was there all along"?
- lostlogin 8mo agoRadiation doesn’t label the cancers it causes. Other than comparing population groups, what method do we have?
- ErroneousBosh 8mo agoWell, you could work backwards and look at your assumptions. Why is "We think this person has cancer so we gave them a CT scan and look! Now they've got cancer! It must be because of the CT scan!" the conclusion to jump to?
- azan_ 8mo agoPlease just read this article - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2832778 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullar... It's funny that you instantly assumed that authors are stupid and did not think about this obvious pitfall. It's extra funny that you also accuse them of jumping to conclusion without actually reading the article.
- ErroneousBosh 8mo agoI've read it. It's so comically unscientific.
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- azan_ 8mo agoWhat's unscientific in that?