Cells in your body are always dividing and making new copies. When you have cancer, though, some cells start to divide way too fast. That's where radiation therapy can help. It uses high-energy ...

Radiation therapy uses powerful, targeted high energy X-rays to destroy cancer cells. It may be combined with surgery and/or chemotherapy and other therapies, or it could be your only treatment.

External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) delivers radiation from a machine called a linear accelerator. You may get this type of treatment if you have early-stage prostate cancer that hasn’t spread.

Another approach, stereotactic body radiation therapy, delivers high doses of radiation in fewer sessions — often over one to two weeks instead of the typical six. This method can be especially useful ...

Risks of cancer-causing radiation from X-rays, CT scans 03:00. Approximately 93 million computed tomography examinations, or CT scans, are performed on 62 million patients annually in the United ...

When mutated, KRAS spurs out-of-control cell growth. Such mutations lead to up to a third of all cancer. Unlike external beam radiation, this method uses only the amount of radiation needed to beat ...

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) ...

In fact, the oldest recorded cases of cancer date back over 3500 years to ancient Egypt, and a malignant tumour has been found on a toe bone of a human fossil that is 1.7 million years old. Today, ...

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.

Berkeley startup wins government award to develop radiation and lead poisoning treatment A nurse draws a blood sample from a child’s finger to test for lead poisoning. (Associated Press) ...