Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.

Radiation has been a staple of breast cancer treatment for decades, but a new study is casting doubt on whether it is ...

A recently published study found that targeted radiation delivered before surgery can eradicate certain early-stage ...

Radiation therapy is often thought of as a treatment that only has a role in early-stage disease. This is no longer the case, and this approach to treatment can be used in several different ways even ...

The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology has launched a randomized phase III clinical trial called RECIPROCAL (Alliance ...

New research found patients with certain head and neck cancers lived longer and experienced fewer side effects when treated with proton therapy instead of traditional radiation.

Intraoral photobiomodulation therapy reduced severe oral mucositis and other adverse effects of radiation therapy in patients with HNC.

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 ...