Radiation therapy is often described in clinical terms, but rarely through the eyes of the person lying on the treatment table. After decades of working with medical radiation professionally, I found ...
Men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer who experience side effects early in treatment may face a higher risk of developing more serious long-term urinary and bowel health issues, ...
Recent release of the waste water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster stirred apprehension regarding the health implications of radiation exposure. Classified as a Group 1 carcinogen, ionizing ...
Frontline: Surgery to remove the tumor is often considered, sometimes followed by chemotherapy or radiation to reduce ...
For women with higher-risk breast cancer, 3 days of radiotherapy might enhance the immune response to checkpoint inhibitors.
Treatment with a certain radiation therapy worsens quality of life in patients with prostate cancer. An expert explains ways to mitigate side effects. Patients with prostate cancer who receive ...
Immune proteins (purple) hold KRAS-sotorasib (yellow hexagons) at the surface of a tumor cell (orange). An antibody (green) carrying radioactivity (yellow halo) detects KRAS-sotorasib and grabs onto ...
A University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study shows that a targeted form of radiation therapy can be safely delivered ...
Relaxing radiation safety standards could place women and children at higher risks of health issues Get an x-ray, and you get a small dose of radiation to visualize your bones and body structures to ...
Bipolar transistors, essential components in a myriad of electronic devices, are highly susceptible to the adverse impacts of radiation. Ionising radiation introduces defects within the semiconductor ...
An investigation by Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University and Scripps News reveals how the ...