Radiation therapy is a treatment that uses high doses of radiation to damage cancer cells, either killing them or slowing their growth. Unlike the low-dose radiation used in X-rays to see inside the ...

ST. LOUIS — At Siteman Cancer Center, cures often require power tools. Tools like a Linear Accelerator. "These machines deliver high doses or high-level radiation to patients," Dr. Stephanie Perkins ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — VCU Health has debuted southern Virginia’s only radiation therapy machine with new Varian HyperSight technology. On Wednesday, June 11, leaders from VCU Health, donors and local ...

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 ...

Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) announced plans Wednesday to upgrade the radiation therapy equipment at its Cancer Centers of NAH in Flagstaff. The healthcare system will be upgrading its radiation ...

Radiation therapists assist in the treatment of cancer and other health conditions through the administration of powerful, radioactive interventions such as chemotherapy. Most radiation therapy uses ...

A modern radiation therapy machine will be installed at the Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI) by the end of March this year ...

Radiation therapy is used to treat tumors of the liver that can’t be removed with surgery and that are too large for other treatment options. Radiation therapy alone isn’t a cure for liver cancer, but ...

Doctors may use radiation therapy to treat benign tumors. Radiation can shrink and eliminate benign growths without doctors having to perform surgery. Benign tumors are noncancerous growths that can ...