This protein binds to DNA and helps prevent it from breaking — a key cause of side effects in radiation therapy. In a study published February 26 in Nature Biomedical Engineering, researchers ...

A game-changing new type of radiation therapy cuts time while improving precision in targeting tumors, a development that ...

City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S. with its National ...

Proton therapy is an advanced radiation treatment that precisely targets tumors with a goal of limiting harm to healthy tissue. It may help reduce short- and long-term side effects, lower the risk of ...

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s Greenlawn and Lake Success radiation therapy centers are among the first in their area to offer adaptive radiation therapy. Varian Ethos radiation therapy ...

The radiation oncologist will typically speak to all recommended radiation options, which may include proton therapy, brachytherapy or conventional radiation. They may also discuss a surgical option.

A team of researchers from University of Iowa Health Care, MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has developed an innovative method to protect healthy tissue from radiation therapy damage using a ...

Chemotherapy and radiation therapy are both treatments for cancer – the uncontrolled growth and spread of cells to surrounding tissues. Chemotherapy, or “chemo,” uses special drugs to shrink ...

A new large-scale study co-led by UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators provides the strongest ...

The addition of concurrent cisplatin to adjuvant radiation therapy conferred no benefit to women with intermediate-risk, ...

Nuclear medicine therapy uses radiopharmaceuticals targeting specific tumours, such as thyroid, lymphomas or bone metastases, delivering radiation to tumorous lesions as part of a therapeutic strategy ...