For men who undergo a radical prostatectomy for the treatment of prostate cancer, post-surgery radiation therapy can play a vital role in reducing the risk of recurrence. Despite its benefits, many ...

Using targeted radiation during surgery — referred to as intraoperative radiation — to eliminate pancreatic cancer cells that have spread to areas around the pancreas, investigators at Johns Hopkins ...

A recent study demonstrated that a lower dose of radiation after surgery for HPV-related throat cancer may provide a greater benefit than a higher dose of radiation with chemotherapy. Transoral ...

More patients are choosing radiation therapy over surgery to treat their early-stage lung cancer, but a new study argues they might be making a mistake. People who are good surgical candidates for ...

Doctors sometimes recommend radiation therapy after a prostatectomy for cancer that has a high risk of returning. Radiation therapy is also used to treat cancer that has returned after surgery. If ...

Prostatectomy and radiation therapy show no survival difference for low-risk prostate cancer, but higher-risk cases require careful treatment consideration. The ProtecT trial supports active ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgery and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy conferred comparable 10-year survival among patients with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Common treatments for breast cancer — including chemotherapy, radiation and surgery — may accelerate biological ...

Researchers at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center are testing a new approach to treating early-stage breast cancer — delivering radiation before surgery instead of after. The clinical trial is led by two ...

CHICAGO — For patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer (OPSCC), opting for radiation therapy rather than surgery may result in better swallowing outcomes, which in turn may mean a better ...

NEPTUNE -- A Monmouth County hospital is home to a groundbreaking technology that is enabling new, more comfortable and precise forms of neurosurgery. Dr. Timothy Chen, a radiation oncologist and ...