Treatment with five-fraction SBRT for prostate cancer may be more convenient than receiving traditional radiation therapy ...

HE Minister of Environment and Climate Change Dr Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Subaie on Thursday inaugurated the Radiation Data Monitoring and Analysis Unit in Qatar, which includes a ...

Students will be introduced to units used in radiation therapy, including the metric system and SI units. The student will be instructed in the basic mathematical functions and skills needed to ...

A recent study in The Lancet reveals that timely cancer treatment initiation in India has improved by 36% since 2018, largely ...

Mayo Clinic announces the results of an innovative treatment approach that may offer improvement in overall survival in older ...

We also receive exposure from man-made radiation, such as X-rays, radiation used to diagnose diseases and for cancer therapy. Fallout from nuclear ... The radioactive decay is expressed in units ...

If you have cancer, your doctor may recommend radiation therapy. This uses high-energy beams to kill cancer cells. It’s rare, but these high doses of radiation could trigger another cancer ...

Enabled by the investments of committed donors, the expansion includes two new linear accelerators (LINACs), a new computed tomography (CT) simulator, a high-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy procedural ...

TELETHERAPY units using radium are limited in usefulness by the low radiation intensities produced by the small amounts of radium which can be used. To secure an adequate dosage-rate, the distance ...

Radiation is one of the most effective ways to kill a tumor. But these therapies are indiscriminate, and they can damage healthy tissues. UCSF scientists combine a precision drug therapy with an ...

It is applied by a team of qualified experts with the appropriate education and many years of experience in radiation oncology, medical physics and radiation therapy technology ... a linear ...

"As of August 12, all radiation therapy units at Karmanos Cancer Institute care facilities across the state are operational – ...