Radiation therapy is a treatment that uses high-energy rays, like X-rays, gamma rays or protons, to target and destroy cancer cells. It works by damaging the DNA of cancer cells, preventing them from ...

Sponsored and provided by LifeBridge Health. Dr. Soha Bazyar is a radiation oncologist. In this ASK A DOC, Dr. Bazyar explained how radiation therapy works to treat breast cancer. The ASK A DOC series ...

Doctors sometimes use radiation therapy to treat early stage non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). To treat advanced stages, they may recommend radiation therapy alongside other treatments, such as ...

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to wait long to take the next step. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, moving from active surveillance ...

The abscopal effect is a rare phenomenon in which shrinking a tumor in one part of your body also shrinks untreated tumors elsewhere in your body. Using immunotherapy with radiation may increase the ...

A family physician explains how low-dose radiation therapy may help Oklahoma patients with advanced osteoarthritis when medications or physical therapy stop working. Low-dose radiation therapy can be ...

Leo Cancer Care's high-tech chair, which combines an upright patient positioning system and a CT scanner, received FDA clearance in July. Startup Leo Cancer Care is transforming proton radiation ...

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health’s—Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky., has entered the second phase of its efforts to establish radiation therapy at the Paducah Cancer Center. The system worked to obtain a ...

A Northeast Ohio guitarist couldn't play without pain until he discovered a non-invasive procedure using low-dose radiation therapy.

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