Painful skin rashes and lesions are common during and after radiation therapy, but many cancer patients are unprepared for the ways the side effect can affect their quality of life and treatment ...

Bravida Medical has gotten U.S. Food & Drug Administration approval for a silver-plated radiation burn dressing envisioned for use in combat zones and mass-casualty scenarios. The Geneva-based company ...

November 8, 2006 (Philadelphia) — Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) allows radiation oncologists to accurately pinpoint radiation beams. As a result, patients undergoing IMRT after breast ...

After surgery to decrease the odds of the cancer returning If a person is unable to undergo surgery, for example if their health does not allow it or if the melanoma is in a hard-to-reach place To ...

Radiation therapy is highly effective at killing cancer cells, but it often harms healthy skin around the treatment area, a common side effect experienced by up to 95% of cancer patients undergoing ...

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.

Radiation therapy is an outpatient treatment that targets and kills cancer cells while minimizing damage to healthy tissues. Here’s what you can expect. Radiation treatment, also known as radiation ...

Every year, doctors get better tools to fight cancer. Engineered cancer-killing cells, immunotherapies, targeted drugs, and more are helping clinicians cure more patients. Increasingly, though, ...

Advancements in radiation therapy, including proton therapy and stereotactic radiation, reduce side effects and improve quality of life for GI cancer. Radiation therapy can be an intimidating concept ...

Radiation therapy, or radiotherapy, is a type of cancer treatment in which specialists kill cancerous cells in the body by exposing them to ionizing radiation, such as X-rays, gamma rays, high-energy ...