More than 150,000 Americans could get diagnosed with colorectal cancer this year, but lifestyle changes can lower your risk, ...

When Dr. Michael Zollicoffer was diagnosed with two types of cancer, his patients started a crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $100,000.

"The environmental legacy is contamination and destruction: craters, radiation, toxic remnants, and a dome containing radioactive waste with a half-life of 24,000 years have rendered significant areas ...

Radiotherapy to the head and neck causes temporary (or acute) side effects. Side effects can be mild or more severe, depending on the size of the area being treated and the length of your treatment.

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a type of light. Sunlight has UV rays, along with other kinds of rays. Some light bulbs give off UV rays, too. UV light bulbs are used in tanning beds and lamps, some ...

Original Medicare Part A covers radiation therapy received as an inpatient in the hospital, Part B covers radiation therapy received as an outpatient in a clinic, and Part D may cover oral ...

A CT scan exposes your body to some radiation. That involves a small amount of risk, and it’s important to understand the issues. A CT scan uses what’s called “ionizing” radiation.

When you have cancer, though, some cells start to divide way too fast. That's where radiation therapy can help. It uses high-energy particles to make tiny breaks in the DNA of cancer cells to ...

The team's ultimate goal is to control the plasma, which is naturally unstable, while at the same time ensuring that all plasma-facing components are able to withstand its radiation “without ...

It also created two new bands of radiation around the planet, researchers report in the February JGR Space Physics. Earth is encircled by two donut-shaped bands of particles called the Van Allen ...

Sometimes, both brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy are used. The external beam radiation is usually given first, followed by brachytherapy. The stage and grade of the cancer are used to ...