Radiation therapy is a common treatment for brain cancer. While it can effectively target and destroy cancer cells, it can also cause side effects. The side effects of radiation therapy for brain ...

Radiation therapy works by using high-energy X-rays to kill cancer cells. MSK offers precise radiation therapy that kills throat cancer cells with fewer side effects from radiatio ...

Cancer treatment is on the brink of a revolution, and at the center of it all is an innovative approach called Flash radiotherapy. This ultra-fast cancer treatment delivers radiation in less than a ...

Breast cancer patients who have radiotherapy targeted at the original tumor site experience fewer side effects five years after treatment than those who have whole breast radiotherapy, and their ...

Image: Wild garden of the gut bacteria. Image credit: Nicola Fawcett. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Taking a ‘fingerprint’ of the mix of bacteria in the gut can indicate how susceptible individual cancer ...

Radiation therapy treats roughly two-thirds of all cancer patients, yet healthy tissue has always absorbed collateral damage during treatment. A new generation of ultra-fast radiation delivery, ...