After receiving radiation therapy for uterine cancer, you may experience fertility challenges, vaginal dryness, and bowel or bladder problems. Options to manage and relieve your side effects can vary.

For many men with prostate cancer, weeks of daily treatments are no longer the norm. Jonathan Tward, MD, a radiation oncologist at Huntsman Cancer Institute, explains how image guidance, real-time ...

Proton beam radiation therapy performed 10% better at stopping cancer of the throat compared to traditional X-ray radiation, a new study shows, with 15% fewer side effects.

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CURE spoke with Alexa M. Lantz of Penn State Health about radiation side effects. For patients with cancer who are receiving treatment with radiation therapy, keeping lines of communication open with ...

Men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer who experience side effects early in treatment may face a higher risk of developing more serious long-term urinary and bowel health issues, ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) – For men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer, there are many side effects that can impact urinary, sexual and bowel quality of life. Radiation Oncologist David Graham, MD ...

Patients with brain metastases who experienced cognitive side effects following radiation therapy often fully regain cognitive function, according to a pooled analysis of three phase III trials. Of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A local test is underway for a radiation technique for cervical cancer that could mean a better quality of life during and long after treatment. It's a sobering fact -- more and ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A new landmark study published in The Lancet is changing how doctors treat certain head and neck cancers.

Doctors may use radiation therapy to treat benign tumors. Radiation can shrink and eliminate benign growths without doctors having to perform surgery. Benign tumors are noncancerous growths that can ...

Radiation has been a staple of breast cancer treatment for decades, but a new study is casting doubt on whether it is ...