Investigators assessed the oncologic benefit of salvage radiation therapy versus observation for men with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy.

In a clinical practice guideline issued by the American Society for Radiation Oncology and published online Nov. 25 in ...

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.

Radiation is one of the most effective ways to kill a tumor. But these therapies are indiscriminate, and they can damage healthy tissues.

Mayo Clinic announces the results of an innovative treatment approach that may offer improvement in overall survival in older ...

A medical procedure for children and adolescent chemotherapy and radiation therapy patients in Calgary provides an option to ...

Post-mastectomy chest wall irradiation is the standard of care for most patients with early-stage breast cancer that’s spread ...

Chris Donaldson was told he had just a few years to live after cancer in his eyes spread to his liver. But he received a new ...

Gary Schmit says he’s running out of time to get radiation therapy as he faces throat cancer ... Anthem signed off on the procedure but not the radiation that follows. “It doesn’t make sense that they ...

Oncology is the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. It includes medical oncology (the use of chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and other drugs to treat cancer ...