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.

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An international consortium of pediatric oncology experts has published consensus guidelines on radiation treatment for children with metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), offering site-specific ...

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 ...

From radiopharmaceuticals to hypofractionated radiation therapy, one expert explained the current landscape of radiation treatments for prostate cancer. Radiopharmaceuticals, defined by the National ...

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More than half of breast cancer patients receive radiation as part of their treatment, but it may not help those with early-stage cancer, new research shows. Women who received a radiation course ...

In tonight’s Avera Medical Minute, learn how the addition of a new radiation therapy technology in Pierre made all the ...

The first time Anna Shapiro, MD, professor of radiation oncology at SUNY Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, New York, treated osteoarthritis with low-dose radiation, a retired physician had come ...

Institutional peer review of radiation therapy resulted in changes to treatment plans in over a quarter of cancer cases, according to a meta-analysis that identified target volume delineation and ...

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to wait long to take the next step. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, moving from active surveillance ...