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

The use of a virtual reality device significantly improved depression and anxiety in patients with cancer preparing for radiotherapy.

Preoperative radiation improved T-cell infiltration among patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer when administered in combination with pembrolizumab and chemotherapy, ...

Radiation therapy may help a select group of people who have ovarian cancer. It’s not used much to treat this cancer, but it can help with related issues like pain. It’s something your doctor might ...

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

In an ongoing effort to develop cancer therapies that provide a better quality of life, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center physicians are spearheading the next generation of cancer treatments that ...

Photon therapy offers strong outcomes in treating oropharyngeal cancers; however, some radiation can reach and damage nearby ...

The UAB Department of Radiation Oncology’s Residency Program is proud to offer a comprehensive residency program that produces experts in clinical radiation oncology, radiation physics, and ...

Our radiation oncologists use the latest technology available for radiation therapy. It’s important to understand how radiation therapy fits into your rectal cancer treatment plan. This information ...

External-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is a treatment where radiation beams come from a source outside the body. Usually, it comes from a machine called a linear accelerator (also called a LINAC).

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 ...