Special to IFN [caption id="attachment_135718" align="alignright" width="173"] Laura Kerzwick[/caption] When you hear the ...

Healthcare professionals use external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) to treat many types of cancer. They also use it to treat some noncancerous tumors and other conditions. Radiation therapy involves ...

Radiation therapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses high energy rays to destroy cancer cells and shrink tumors. Doctors may recommend it as either a stand-alone treatment or in combination with ...

Meeting with a medical physicist who can explain how radiation therapy is planned and delivered reduces patient anxiety and increases patient satisfaction throughout the treatment process, according ...

Meeting with a medical physicist who can explain how radiation therapy is planned and delivered reduces patient anxiety and increases patient satisfaction throughout the treatment process, according ...

When proton therapy is first recommended for patients by their oncologist or primary care physician, or when a patient has learned about proton therapy as a treatment option another way, the first ...

A new preclinical study from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has identified a gut bacterium that, when ...

The disappearance of radiation oncology clinics threatens cancer care access for over 50 million Americans, with rural areas ...

As treatment centers vanish, millions face longer trips for cancer care as experts warn the gap could keep growing.

For cancer survivors who have undergone radiation therapy, treatment comes with marks that can be lasting reminders of the process. Fuck Cancer, a nonprofit organization focused on advancing health ...

Funded by donations from the family of the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, the treatment injects patients with a drug that ...