Scientists at UC San Francisco have developed a revolutionary cancer treatment that precisely targets tumors with radiation ...

A new Phase I clinical trial from London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI) has found that high-precision ...

One of the most common treatments for cancer is radiation therapy, which includes high-energy rays that target and destroy cancer cells. Radiation therapy can also be used to shrink tumours.

A new nasal delivery method for amifostine could protect healthy tissue during pancreatic cancer radiation therapy, ...

Researchers have found that fewer sessions of higher dose vaginal cuff brachytherapy work just as well as more frequent, lower-dose treatments for endometrial cancer patients.

The oldest form of cancer therapy is the use of radiation therapy, mentioned by Hippocrates too. In the words of Hippocrates, ...

Will radiation make you radioactive? Does radiation therapy hurt? Doctors explain 5 facts about this cancer treatment.

Its location near critical organs such as the small intestine complicates treatment as high-dose radiation therapy often ...

It's a key problem that will need to be addressed if humans are to attempt deep-space, long-duration missions. Not only is radiation exposure a dangerous health risk to humans, but it also poses a ...

Exposure to radiation from head or neck CT imaging increased risk for childhood brain tumors, according to results of a ...

Radiotherapy, or radiation therapy, is the clinical use of high energy rays (ionizing radiation) to induce DNA damage in all exposed cells to ultimately kill cancer cells or prevent cancer growth.

In the upper atmosphere, a layer of this gas protects the Earth from the sun’s UV radiation. So far, there has been little research into the true effectiveness and safety of ozone therapy.