Research from the University of Sheffield analyzed records from more than 170,000 lung cancer patients in England between 2014 and 2018, combined with chest X-ray rates from 7,400 GP practices.

Picture this: Your doctor orders an imaging test like a chest X-ray in preparation for an upcoming ... This causes a small ...

Adverse effects from radiation dose absorbed in diagnostic practice are rare. For example, the radiation dose absorbed from a simple X ray examination such as a chest X ray (radiograph) or an X ray of ...

It’s over a century since X-rays were discovered and first allowed doctors to look inside a living human body. Today, the NHS carries out more than 22 million a year in England alone, and ...