Radiation therapy

Freezing cancer cells an option for prostate cancer patients Prostate cancer patients who do not respond to radiation therapy may benefit from a procedure in which cancer cells are frozen and destroyed, US researchers report in the journal Urology...

Tamoxifen improves breast cancer survival in older women Among breast cancer patients, women in their 60s who had no sign of cancer spread had the lowest cancer recurrence rates and the highest survival rates, according to results of a UK study...

Protein indicates wether Breast Cancer will spread Scientists have discovered a biomarker in women with breast cancer. Biomarkers are proteins found in varying levels in early breast cancers that can indicate whether the cancer is likely to spread...

One third of prostate cancer patients supplement medical treatment with complementary therapies Many men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate carcinoma are also using complementary therapies not prescribed by their treating physicians...

Life with One Kidney For Karee White, standing up to turn off the television before bed one night was the beginning of months of fear...

Lymphoma Rise Baffles Scientists It started with flu-like symptoms that Michael Locher just couldn't shake...

Compound reverses sun damage to skin Sun worshippers may someday slather on an after-suntan lotion that repairs some of the genetic damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) light...

Photos May Help Detect Eye Tumors in Infants Kim Gaito wondered why she didn't notice the signs earlier. Flipping through a photo album today, she can easily spot the white reflection in her toddler's eye...

Breast Cancer Strikes Younger And Younger The waiting room of the St. Vincents Comprehensive Cancer Center overflowed with patients...

Radiation therapy does not improve rectal cancer survival Patients with rectal cancer who receive both chemotherapy and radiation therapy after surgery have the same chance of survival as patients who receive postoperative chemotherapy alone...