Radiation doses from common CT procedures vary widely and are higher than generally thought, raising concerns about increased risk for cancer, according to a new study led by UCSF imaging specialists.

Sense of smell in patients with head and neck cancer began to deteriorate at a radiation dose of 22 Gy and increased in a ...

Oral cancer involves malignant growths or tumors that can occur anywhere in the mouth or the throat. Doctors sometimes recommend radiation therapy to treat it, which involves doses of radiation to ...

A new study shows that among women who received radiation therapy for breast cancer, higher doses of radiation given over fewer sessions were as effective as lower doses of radiation administered over ...

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Medical imaging is as central to patient care as are labs or pathology, and concern for radiation safety is as old as the field itself. These concerns have generated multiple mandates related to dose ...

In a new study published in Nature, researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center explore a surprising phenomenon in which high doses of radiation cause growth in ...

In a clinical trial, six sessions of low-dose radiation significantly eased knee osteoarthritis pain and improved function for months afterwards, hinting at a safe, drug-free alternative for millions ...

Alexandros Washburn, here with son Ali, received a novel prostate cancer treatment using very high doses of radiation guided by MRI. “This is an extraordinary tool — and in the hands of an ...

A new study found that six sessions of low-dose radiation significantly improved knee pain for participants with osteoarthritis. The levels of radiation used are far below what someone would receive ...

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