University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researcher Weisi Yan, M.D., Ph.D., recently shared his work on radiation therapy ...

A cancer diagnosis may mean radiation therapy. It shrinks tumors and kills cancer cells. Learn the types of therapy, cancers each treats, and side effects.

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University of Southern California researchers have found a way to rebrand this oft-embarrassing sore subject by genetically ...

The risk of cancer goes up with age, in part because aging impedes the body's ability to detect and destroy cells with damaged DNA. Aging also comes with cumulative damage to cells; low-grade, chronic ...

Radiation therapy can treat lung cancer at all stages, easing symptoms, improving precision and minimizing side effects with modern techniques.

UCSF scientists developed a way to deliver radiation just to cancerous cells, rather than attacking both cancerous and healthy tissue. The therapy combines a drug to mark the cancer cells for ...

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) administered prior to Nexavar (sorafenib) was associated with a clinically important but not statistically significant improvement in overall survival (OS) ...

Since her treatment ended in early August 2024, Beard has remained cancer-free, Deraniyagala said. She also has no radiation toxicity affecting any other areas of her body, including her brain.

A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging , or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.

Few drugs are available to treat heavy metals that enter the body, either from lead poisoning or nuclear fallout. A UC Berkeley startup hopes to change that.