Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. For most people, surgery is the recommended choice for treatment. But there is another option that doesn’t ...

The spacecraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean after a parachute failure, ending a bold experiment in space biology and ...

Brachytherapy for Treating Brain Metastases MSK has been pioneering brachytherapy for brain tumors as an alternative to SRS since 2019. The radiation dose from the radioactive seeds is concentrated to ...

In a new breakthrough, a team of physicists from the U.S. has successfully demonstrated a new way to detect radioactive materials using carbon-dioxide lasers — from a distance.

At Rhode Island Hospital, Dr. David E. Wazer, left, with company CEO Greg Mercurio, right, shows how The BrachyClip device will make it easier to place radioactive seeds in patients.

External beam radiation is when radiotherapy is delivered from a machine to target the prostate directly, he said. Brachytherapy is the delivery of internal radiation by implanting radioactive seeds ...

The most recent was in 2023 when the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas reported that 10 radioactive seeds used for breast cancer scans had been stolen.

Emory’s trial studies a new way to administer radiation by inserting tiny “seeds” that are about the size of a grain of rice underneath the skin at the precise location of the cancerous tumor.

This means a radioactive source is put inside the prostate. The radioactive source releases radiation to destroy the prostate cancer cells. The source, also known as radioactive seeds, might stay ...

Kurt underwent surgery today to have radioactive seeds put into his prostate. The seeds are tiny, rice-like pellets encased in titanium that will release low levels of radiation.

Company Becomes Sole Manufacturer of Cesium-131 Seeds for Cancer Treatments TEMPE, Ariz., April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GT Medical Technologies, Inc. (GT MedTech) announces the successful ...