This week is National Radiologic Technology Week, a celebration of radiation technicians and radiation therapists. Radiation ...

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The American Journal of Managed Care® and Vanderbilt University Medical Center partnered on a recent Institute for ...

For cancer patients who require radiation therapy, permanent tattoos have long been necessary to help doctors accurately target and deliver treatment. While seemingly insignificant, these ...

A more advanced form of radiation may be able to treat early and advanced prostate cancers. Here’s how it works and why it ...

While the initial investment costs can be high, cost-benefit analyses show stereotactic radiation therapy for lung cancer costs the health system less than other cancer treatments and conventional ...

Radiation therapy is a common component of breast cancer treatment for patients ... and we can treat the breast without exposing the underlying lung and heart to unnecessary radiation," explains ...

One in 16 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime. As the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., ...

Radiation therapy for breast cancer can have many manageable side ... Some people experience lung inflammation months or years after radiation therapy to the chest. This is called radiation ...

By: Santosh Nepal, M.D.UPMC Pulmonary Medicine One in 16 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime. As ...

When treating brain metastases in patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), brain radiotherapy has been the standard option ... Part of the reasoning for providing radiation therapy first is ...