Side effects vary largely by radiation site. For instance, radiation for head and neck cancers are associated with a wealth of quality-of-life complications like speech or swallowing issues, depending ...

Analysis identifies regions in the breast where higher radiation dose is associated with pain, edema, atrophy, and induration ...

Radiation therapy for vulvar cancer uses high energy waves to kill cancer cells. It may help shrink a tumor so a doctor can surgically remove it, and it may help kill any cancer cells that remain ...

Doctors have already begun reducing radiation treatment for women at low risk of recurrence or spread of the disease. A new ...

Painful skin rashes and lesions are common during and after radiation therapy, but many cancer patients are unprepared for the ways the side effect can affect their quality of life and treatment ...

Oral cancer involves malignant growths or tumors that can occur anywhere in the mouth or the throat. Doctors sometimes recommend radiation therapy to treat it, which involves doses of radiation to ...

Stage 2 oral cavity cancer involves tumors larger than 2 cm but not exceeding 4 cm, without lymph node or distant spread. Diagnosis includes physical exams, biopsies, imaging tests, and endoscopy to ...

Cancer is a complex disease and treating it often involves more than one type of therapy. Radiation treatment is one of the most effective tools in modern cancer care, Cooper University Health Care ...

Dentists can play a key role in helping cancer patients endure the oral side effects of cancer treatments, according to Sol Silverman, D.D.S., M.A., professor of oral medicine at the University of ...

Radiation is one of the most effective ways to kill a tumor. But these therapies are indiscriminate, and they can damage healthy tissues. UCSF scientists combine a precision drug therapy with an ...