As a result, strategic radiation-hardened electronics must be able to operate in hostile radiation environments, as well as in the natural radiation environment of space. A high-altitude EMP ...

The median OS from BM diagnosis was 18.6 months. For patients treated solely with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), the median OS was 20.8 months. For those treated with both SRS and surgical ...

The LINAC, which joins three other machines in use at Southend Hospital, works by using beams of high-energy X-rays or electrons. It gives focused radiation treatments to target and destroy cancer ...

HVLT-R: Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised; KPS: Karnofsky Performance Status; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; NS: Not significant; SRS: Stereotactic ...

Traditionally, men who chose radiation therapy for prostate cancer undergo radiation for weeks or even months. But now, in certain cases, it can be completed in less than a week. Prostate cancer ...

All types of radiation become less intense as they travel further away from the radioactive material. This is because the particles or rays become more spread out. The thicker the substance ...

Mercer and Lawrence County residents now have access to the most sophisticated radiation oncology treatment at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC Horizon-Shenango Valley, with the addition of a second ...

The LINAC, which joins three other machines in use at Southend Hospital, works by using beams of high-energy X-rays or electrons. It gives focused radiation treatments to target and destroy cancer ...