Doctors sometimes use radiation therapy to treat early stage non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). To treat advanced stages, they may recommend radiation therapy alongside other treatments, such as ...

Radiation has been a staple of breast cancer treatment for decades, but a new study is casting doubt on whether it is ...

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 ...

Radiation therapy is often thought of as a treatment that only has a role in early-stage disease. This is no longer the case, and this approach to treatment can be used in several different ways even ...

Radiation therapy targets lung cancer at all stages, damaging tumor cell DNA to inhibit growth and division. Palliative radiation focuses on symptom relief in polymetastatic disease, using shorter, ...

If you have prostate cancer and radiation therapy is an option, how to choose which type is right for your situation? The answer lies in a discussion with your doctor about the pluses and minuses of ...

Carol Swarts is a radiation oncologist who has cared for cancer patients during an impressive career that stretched 60 years and is still going. She was born on a farm, spent her childhood across ...

Radiation therapy is often a key part of treatment for oral cancer. The side effects can be uncomfortable but are usually temporary. Tongue cancer is a type of oral cancer. Often, the best course of ...

A renewed effort to modernize and stabilize Medicare reimbursement for radiation therapy services is underway. In mid-March, members of Congress reintroduced bipartisan federal legislation that would ...

Radiation therapy offered no survival benefit for women with early-stage breast cancer who received mastectomy, lymph node surgery and cancer drugs, according to an international study published Nov.