India’s healthcare future depends on moving beyond pharmaceutical manufacturing toward stronger cancer research, clinical ...

Radiotherapy is integral to breast cancer care, employed after breast-conserving surgery, following mastectomy in high-risk cases, and for palliation. Conventional whole-breast external beam ...

Thousands of women who undergo radiotherapy for low-risk breast cancer could be spared some of the side effects of treatment after a study confirmed that more targeted treatments are just as effective ...

CANCER TREATMENT CAN BE GRUELING, AND IT CAN ALSO MAKE FOR LONG DAYS. A NEW STUDY, THOUGH, SHOWS HIGHER DOSES OF RADIATION GIVEN OVER FEWER SESSIONS WAS AS EFFECTIVE AS BEING GIVEN LOWER DOSES OVER ...

Patients with breast cancer may be able to avoid lymphedema, which can occur after surgery to remove lymph nodes in the armpit (the axilla), by having radiotherapy instead. New findings, presented at ...

—A three-week radiotherapy protocol demonstrated equivalent rates of arm lymphedema and a lower incidence of serious adverse events in women with early breast cancer. A European clinical trial found ...

Modern techniques protect healthy tissues while treating various cancers and improving patients’ quality of life ...

FLASH radiation therapy delivers a high-velocity proton beam at tumor sites. The approach could be a faster, more accurate ...

After breast cancer treatment ends, survivorship can bring unexpected challenges. One survivor shares how she learned to heal ...