Penn Medicine researchers are testing whether an ultrafast form of radiation therapy can treat cancers in the head and neck with fewer side effects. The clinical trial marks the first time the ...

When Diane Gentry, a 71-year-old retiree from Watauga, Texas, was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in 2015, she learned ...

It might seem strange for a radiation oncologist to help patients avoid her specialty but a doctor at MUSC is helping ...

Patients don’t feel the radiation as it’s delivered, and many treatments are provided in an outpatient setting.

Cutting-edge science known as AI-assisted adaptive radiation therapy treated her after a lumpectomy. The treatment helps ...

A national study of more than 20,000 men with localized prostate cancer found that surgery was linked to higher rates of urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction, while radiation therapy was ...

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to wait long to take the next step. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, moving from active surveillance ...

Prostate cancer is Australia's most commonly diagnosed cancer. One in six men will be diagnosed by the time they turn 85. Cancers are abnormal groups of cells that grow uncontrollably and start ...

Doctors are using AI-assisted adaptive radiation therapy to target breast cancer more precisely while sparing healthy tissue.

The use of radiation for medical treatments dates to the late 1800s, and was successfully used as cancer therapy beginning in the 1930s. Now, advanced radiation therapies are helping treat cancer with ...

Cancer treatments work in different ways, and their side effects can vary considerably. While many treatments have little ...

Radiation therapy is a treatment that uses high doses of radiation to damage cancer cells, either killing them or slowing their growth. Unlike the low-dose radiation used in X-rays to see inside the ...