A new nasal delivery method for amifostine could protect healthy tissue during pancreatic cancer radiation therapy, ...

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute have found that fewer sessions of higher dose vaginal cuff brachytherapy work just ...

While undergoing a new radiation therapy for a cancerous tumour in his prostate, his testicles were relocated for a while and 10 tubings were inserted into his prostate and left there for several ...

A new Phase I clinical trial from London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI) has found high-precision ...

A groundbreaking approach led by a team of scientists, including Rice University chemist James Tour, has the potential to revolutionize the treatment landscape for pancreatic cancer, one of the most ...

Your surgeon will insert a thin tube with a camera (called a resectoscope ... remain after other treatments (such as surgery or radiation therapy), and to make radiation therapy more effective.

The ionising effect of radiation is used in the Geiger-Muller (GM) tube as a means of detecting the radiation. The GM tube is a hollow cylinder filled with a gas at low pressure. The tube has a ...

Pat O'Neal underwent radiation therapy when his prostate cancer spread. However, the radiation damaged his ureters (tubes that move urine from the kidneys to the bladder). He soon experienced urinary.

Radiotherapy, or radiation therapy, is the clinical use of high energy rays (ionizing radiation) to induce DNA damage in all exposed cells to ultimately kill cancer cells or prevent cancer growth.

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 ...

One of the most common treatments for cancer is radiation therapy, which includes high-energy rays that target and destroy cancer cells. Radiation therapy can also be used to shrink tumours.