The governor joined Mayo Clinic President and CEO Dr. Kent Thielen Thursday to announce the launch of the first carbon ion ...

Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have opened a clinical trial that will look at whether ...

According to new research, radiation therapy administered before surgery rarely produces favorable responses in patients with ...

Florida is the first state in the U.S. – and in the entire western hemisphere – to launch a carbon ion therapy program for ...

Metastasis-directed stereotactic radiotherapy alongside biological cancer therapy appears safe, new data show.

Dr. Benjamin Jon Golas of Hackensack Meridian Health discussed the main strategies for treating pancreas cancer, focusing on ...

Dr. Allen Lichter answers the question: 'Should I get chemo or radiation first?' — -- Question: How do the doctors decide which treatment I should get first after surgery, radiation therapy or ...

Author Colleen Hoover has completed her radiation therapy after undergoing surgery for cancer, without needing chemotherapy.

Radiation therapy is a treatment that uses high-energy rays, like X-rays, gamma rays or protons, to target and destroy cancer cells. It works by damaging the DNA of cancer cells, preventing them from ...

Doctors may use radiation therapy to treat benign tumors. Radiation can shrink and eliminate benign growths without doctors having to perform surgery. Benign tumors are noncancerous growths that can ...

Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.