A patient shares how an event about clinical trials at Moores Cancer Center brought a community together to educate and ...

Each time a cell divides, a small section of each chromosome's protective cap—the telomere—is worn away. Most cells use an ...

Adding targeted radiation to chemotherapy prior to surgery may offer better control of pancreatic tumors—potentially reducing ...

Dr. Hasan Murshed is turning years of experience into a teaching tool. He recently published the fourth edition of his book “Fundamentals of Radiation ...

“We know the traditional treatment works,” said Dr. Jeffrey Stephenson, a radiation oncologist at St. Patrick who was recruited because of his SAVI expertise. “But women are active.

He began chemotherapy right away and then got radiation treatment for six months. In February of 2015, the cancer went into remission.

Radiation therapy is a precise, targeted treatment for lung cancer that can be used at every stage of the disease, according to Dr. Julianna Bronk during her presentation at the CURE Educated Patient® ...

Researchers discovered that stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT)—a targeted, high-dose treatment completed in just five sessions—is as safe as conventional radiation, showing comparable side ...

Shorter radiation therapy after prostate surgery safe, study finds Stereotactic body radiotherapy offers a faster, more convenient way to get post-surgery radiation without added risks Date: May ...

This approach could remove a major barrier to post-surgery radiation therapy. SBRT shortens treatment time, reduces healthcare costs, and may have biological advantages in targeting prostate cancer.

So, technologies such as intensity modulated radiation, stereotactic radiation, proton therapy, all of these are different things that we can say with very high confidence have drastically improved ...