Men given two larger doses of radiation had about the same side effects as others treated with the standard five-dose course, ...

Marie Francillion was diagnosed with lung cancer after she was feeling heartburn and shoulder pain. She said she's able to remain hopeful and spend more time with her family because of a different ...

“Traditionally, breast cancer was treated over a course of five to six weeks,” said D. Hunter Boggs, M.D., an associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology. “Over the past few decades, ...

Within the next month, providers at Fred Hutch – Proton Therapy will be able to offer advanced X-ray radiation, called TrueBeam photon radiation, to those patients who will benefit from this modality.

Radiation therapy, once thought of mainly as a local cancer treatment, is now showing power to awaken the immune system in surprising ways. Researchers discovered that combining radiation with ...

Doctors have already begun reducing radiation treatment for women at low risk of recurrence or spread of the disease. A new study finds that some women at greater risk can safely avoid radiation. By ...

A large clinical study recently published in The Lancet showed that patients treated with proton therapy for oropharyngeal cancers (cancers of the upper throat including the tonsils and back of the ...

CURE spoke with Alexa M. Lantz of Penn State Health about radiation side effects. For patients with cancer who are receiving treatment with radiation therapy, keeping lines of communication open with ...

A blood test that detects tumor DNA circulating in the bloodstream may help select the most effective treatment options for ...

It’s state-of-the-art and futuristic in appearance, and Dartmouth Health leaders say it will reduce travel and wait time for cancer patients across southern New Hampshire. Inside the new radiology ...

Advocate Radiation Oncology has opened at 8946 77th Terrace E., to go with its previous location on S.R. 64 in Bradenton.

University of Wisconsin’s Carbone Cancer Center recently announced a partnership with TAE Life Sciences, a company that designs and commercializes radiation therapy to treat cancer. This partnership ...