When you're in the middle of cancer treatment, your main goal is to control the disease. But you should also be aware of how each type of therapy might affect you now and in the future. Radiation ...

Radiation therapy is an outpatient treatment that targets and kills cancer cells while minimizing damage to healthy tissues. Here’s what you can expect. Radiation treatment, also known as ...

A review commissioned by the World Health Organization into the potential risks of cellphone radiation has found no connection between cellphone use and brain cancer, even for people who spend all ...

It used to be that radiation therapy for prostate cancer involved weeks or months of repeat visits to a clinic for treatment. Today that’s not necessarily true. Instead of giving small doses ...

New cancer research pioneered by Memorial Sloan Kettering points to a strong alternative to chemotherapy, surgery and radiation for some forms of cancer. Nearly 80% of patients who suffered from a ...

Cancer Patient Avoided Side Effects With New Advance In Radiation Therapy By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, May 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Tiffiney Beard expected a rough road ahead ...

about 103,000 radiation-induced cancers are projected to result from CT exams done in 2023. "If current practices persist, CT-associated cancer could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer ...

Scientists long ago established that ionizing radiation emitted by computed tomography, or CT, scans increases cancer risk. But, since 2007, use of the imaging technique has surged 35% ...

Building on these findings, the team emphasizes the importance of integrating genetic testing with modern radiation therapy to further personalize prostate cancer treatment. "This genre of genetic ...

Gene Test Predicts Urinary Problems From Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Radiation therapy is commonly used to ...

Since radiation works better when oxygen is present, the physician scientists believe this technique will allow for maximal tumor destruction and prevent or prolong the need for rectal cancer surgery.