Radiation therapy is a treatment that uses high-energy rays, like X-rays, gamma rays or protons, to target and destroy cancer cells. It works by damaging the DNA of cancer cells, preventing them from ...

Radiation therapy targets lung cancer at all stages, damaging tumor cell DNA to inhibit growth and division. Palliative radiation focuses on symptom relief in polymetastatic disease, using shorter, ...

A growing number of lung cancer patients are finding renewed hope through proton therapy, a treatment that delivers highly ...

In radiation therapy, precision can save lives. Oncologists must carefully map the size and location of a tumor before delivering high-dose radiation to destroy cancer cells while sparing healthy ...

A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham trialed stereotactic (targeted) brain-directed radiation in 100 patients with small cell lung cancer and brain metastases, finding they ...

A new study from the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center reveals that radiation therapy can spur growth in untreated metastatic tumors—even if they’re distant from the site ...

Lung adenocarcinoma is the most common type of lung cancer diagnosed in the U.S. Just over half of all non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) are adenocarcinomas. Finding out that you're at risk of lung ...

Lung cancer causes abnormal cells to grow in your lungs. You are at higher risk for lung cancer if you are a current smoker or have smoked regularly in the past. But anyone can get lung cancer. In ...

A drug called selpercatinib cut the risk of early-stage lung cancer coming back by 83% in patients who carry a specific gene.