Radiation therapy is a cornerstone of lung cancer treatment. But even when delivered with precision, radiation can damage healthy lung tissue. "Try as we might, when we deliver radiation to a cancer, ...

A combination of reduced aerosol pollution and global warming have resulted in increasing levels of solar radiation across ...

Researchers and clinicians from six leading medical centers and academic institutions—including the University of California San Diego—have collaborated to develop a new artificial intelligence model ...

Horrific experiments involving deadly doses of radiation were carried out for years, unknowingly poisoning Americans as the ...

Fruit flies’ exposure to radiation from the basis of modern federal radiation directives, the debate over how we calculate ...

MiraDx, a molecular diagnostics company focused on genetic testing to personalize cancer treatment, today announced the U.S. commercial launch of PROSTOX™ Standard, a new, clinically validated genetic ...

Black holes that turn matter into energy could explain dark energy and answer two other cosmic questions. Now, the challenge ...

Radiation therapy is highly effective at killing cancer cells, but it often harms healthy skin around the treatment area, a common side effect experienced by up to 95% of cancer patients undergoing ...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a spike in the number of people turning to medication to help relieve anxiety but top health ...

The only other reasonable and sensible option here is coexistence. The solution would be to figure out smart and ...

On this episode of Science Dispatch, we take a look at the radiation oncology experience from the perspective of a patient (and radiation expert) who endured 28 mornings of this common but ...

However, men with higher PSA levels did show modest improvements in survival, suggesting that hormone therapy might be worthwhile for them. PSA (prostate-specific antigen) is produced by the prostate ...