CT scan won’t raise cancer risk in Covid patients: Experts
Hindustan TimesMedical experts from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, have said CT scans are not increasing the risk of cancer in Covid-19 patients. A medical expert from the PGIMER, Chandigarh, said during the second wave of the pandemic, there was a controversy that CT scans are increasing the risk of cancer in Covid patients, but this theory holds little merit. Dr Garg said, “Also, not doing a CT scan fearing the hypothetical risk of radiation-induced cancer in a clinically relevant indication can delay treatment and cause more harm. The exposure to radiation from diagnostic medical imaging tests like CT scan results in limited radiation exposure and that too only to a portion of the body being scanned.” “Even if any damage occurs to the cells due to low-dose exposures to the CT scan, the body has the inherent ability to overcome this cell damage and repair DNA without leaving any signs of injury,” he said.
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