Radiation therapy is highly effective at killing cancer cells, but it often harms healthy skin around the treatment area, a ...

Radiation therapy for vulvar cancer uses high energy waves to kill cancer cells. It may help shrink a tumor so a doctor can surgically remove it, and it may help kill any cancer cells that remain ...

Men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer who experience side effects early in treatment may face a higher risk of developing more serious long-term urinary and bowel health issues, ...

Painful skin rashes and lesions are common during and after radiation therapy, but many cancer patients are unprepared for the ways the side effect can affect their quality of life and treatment ...

U.S. Department of Energy drops ALARA, challenging global radiation safety norms as reforms and debates intensify.

The DNA damage from ionizing radiation (IR) erupting from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 is showing up in the ...

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers and others exposed to high doses of radiation showed mutations that were also evident in ...

The first official measures for the relief of atomic bomb survivors were taken by the Japanese government in 1957, 12 years after the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Atomic Bomb ...