A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging​, or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.

If they see a radiation oncologist first, there may be situations where they get whole-brain radiation without realizing that they have an EGFR mutation." Because testing can take up to 2 weeks ...

They can cause seizures, headaches or neurologic deficits. Treatment consists of either tumor irradiation (stereotactic radiosurgery or whole brain radiation therapy), surgical resection, or ...

Based on this and other reports, they suggested a possible benefit from prophylactic whole brain radiation to prevent central nervous system metastasis in these cases. More than 80% of brain ...