Still, “we are likely overtreating some rectal cancer patients with radiotherapy in the US if ... radiation is less well tolerated than preoperative treatment,” Schrag added.

In patients who had a lower radiotherapy dose and shorter course of treatment, the results showed a higher level of complete disappearance of the cancer and fewer short-term side effects than ...

Radioactive treatment is among the first-line therapies used to effectively target and destroy cancer cells. But the same radiotherapy could also be a double-edged sword that ends up promoting the ...

While prognoses for prostate cancer patients were once measured in months, experts say that advances in treatment and diagnosis now improve survival by years. By Gina Kolata Prostate cancer ...

For men who undergo a radical prostatectomy for the treatment of prostate cancer, post-surgery radiation ... Researchers found that stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), a form of high-dose ...

Background: Many patients with cancer experience depression and anxiety, and an associated decrease in quality of life (QOL) during radiation therapy (RT). The main objective of the study was to ...

Some medical specialists said it was possible, if rare, for Biden’s cancer to emerge and spread since his last physical in the White House. The cancer diagnosis intensified scrutiny over Biden ...

Former President Joe Biden thanked followers for the “love and support” sent his way after his office announced Sunday that he’d been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer ...