Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 79-year-old healthy female. My doctor advised me to have a CT scan due to the bump above my head and the fact that I might have a brain bleed. Since I had quite a few regular ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO -- Using recent diagnostic CT scans instead of CT simulation scans to plan palliative radiation treatments can substantially reduce the time to treatment completion for cancer patients, the ...

Results of a Phase II Study of High-Dose Thoracic Radiation Therapy With Concurrent Cisplatin and Etoposide in Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NCCTG 95-20-53) This pilot study suggests a ...

Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.

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Too much radiation raises the risk of cancer. That risk is growing, because people in everyday situations are getting imaging tests far too often. Like the New Hampshire teen who was about to get a CT ...

Doctors may use radiation therapy to treat benign tumors. Radiation can shrink and eliminate benign growths without doctors having to perform surgery. Benign tumors are noncancerous growths that can ...

Join Tom and Mike as they share an important update on Tom's prostate cancer journey. In this video, they discuss Tom's ...

Kallisio, a company focused on advancing precision oncology through patient-specific, technology-enabled solutions, today announced CE certification under the European Union Medical Device Regulation ...

While smoking remains the leading risk factor, other contributors include secondhand smoke, air pollution, radon exposure and ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a 79-year-old healthy female. My doctor advised me to have a CT scan due to the bump above my head and the fact that I might have a brain bleed. Since I had quite a few regular ...