Radiation therapy is a treatment that uses high-energy rays, like X-rays, gamma rays or protons, to target and destroy cancer cells. It works by damaging the DNA of cancer cells, preventing them from ...

Sponsored and provided by LifeBridge Health. Dr. Soha Bazyar is a radiation oncologist. In this ASK A DOC, Dr. Bazyar explained how radiation therapy works to treat breast cancer. The ASK A DOC series ...

Radiation therapy is often described in clinical terms, but rarely through the eyes of the person lying on the treatment table. After decades of working with medical radiation professionally, I found ...

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 ...

Sabari — editor-in-chief of CURE, assistant professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and director of High Reliability Organization Initiatives at Perlmutter Cancer Center — discussed how various ...

Mohs microscopic surgery and image-guided superficial radiation therapy (IG-SRT) demonstrate high cure rates for non-melanoma ...

Discover the latest advancements in breast cancer treatment from leading experts in surgery, radiation and reconstruction. Your world shatters when you hear the words, “You have breast cancer.” You ...

The abscopal effect is a rare phenomenon in which shrinking a tumor in one part of your body also shrinks untreated tumors elsewhere in your body. Using immunotherapy with radiation may increase the ...

CLEVELAND — A game-changing new type of radiation therapy cuts time while improving precision in targeting tumors, a development that could transform cancer care as we know it. Traditional radiation ...

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to wait long to take the next step. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, moving from active surveillance ...

Leo Cancer Care's high-tech chair, which combines an upright patient positioning system and a CT scanner, received FDA clearance in July. Startup Leo Cancer Care is transforming proton radiation ...

Immune proteins (purple) hold KRAS-sotorasib (yellow hexagons) at the surface of a tumor cell (orange). An antibody (green) carrying radioactivity (yellow halo) detects KRAS-sotorasib and grabs onto ...