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

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

Tagrisso was linked to higher cardiac risks in patients with EGFR-mutant NSCLC, including a four-fold rise in cardiac events ...

FLASH radiation therapy could one day cure complex tumors and cancers while limiting the toll of radiation on the body. France's Institut Curie hopes to install one of the special machines in its ...

Lifestyle News On World Cancer Day, we spoke with oncologists as they explained the major differences between different ...

A recent survey revealed that many patients were worried about the physical effects of radiation, and more than one third ...

Men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer who experience side effects early in treatment may face a higher risk of developing more serious long-term urinary and bowel health issues, ...

Flash radiotherapy—an advanced cancer treatment that has amazing anti-tumour effects but with significantly less damage to normal tissue—is said to be the future of cancer treatment, which can help ...

Chemotherapy for lung cancer ... and sometimes radiation. Chemotherapy works by targeting fast-replicating cells. This not only includes cancer cells but also cells in bone marrow, hair follicles, and ...

Later experiments showed that flash radiotherapy not only eliminates tumors but also significantly reduces harmful side effects, such as impaired organ function or developmental delays in ...

A new service is supporting adults who are suffering from the long-term side effects of radiotherapy. The OUH Macmillan Radiotherapy Late Effects Service aims to assist those who have been treated ...

Examples include smoking cessation (for patients receiving treatment for lung cancer or head and neck cancer ... alongside ongoing advances into the mitigation of side-effects, means that radiotherapy ...