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 ...

Over the next several years, The University of Vermont Health Network will install six new state-of-the-art linear accelerators for improved radiation treatments to combat cancer at Central Vermont ...

Samantha Bianzon explained what biology-guided radiation therapy for cancer is, as well as highlighted how it may differ from the more traditional types of radiation. Biology-guided radiation therapy ...

It’s important to understand how radiation therapy fits into your treatment plan so you can make choices about your care. Radiation therapy works by using high-energy X-rays to kill cancer cells. MSK ...

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 ...

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 ...

Radiation therapy may help a select group of people who have ovarian cancer. It’s not used much to treat this cancer, but it can help with related issues like pain. It’s something your doctor might ...

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.