Marine Corps veteran James Despard was witnessed an atomic bomb at Operation Plumbbob in 1957. Read about his experience to ...

Miller: The other thing that patients ask me about is, couldn't the radiation cause cancer? Zellars: Yes, radiation can cause cancer, but the risk of causing cancer is incredibly low. I often quote ...

Radiation therapy has been used to treat cancer since the beginning of the 20th century. This type of treatment continues to be one of the most effective treatments for cancerous (malignant) and ...

Opinion: The tiny tattoos of radiation therapy many cancer patients receive take an emotional toll — but they're increasingly ...

My daughter's diagnosis of a rare and aggressive brain tumor at 3 years old made me strongly consider whether or not to have her treated with radiation.

Expert answers to patients’ questions were offered as part of the CURE® Educated Patient® Prostate Cancer Summit.

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Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is a severe form of late-stage disease where the tumor can no longer ...

NKTR-255 in combination with durvalumab following chemoradiation was well-tolerated in patients with non–small cell lung ...

Does pet insurance cover cancer treatment? Generally, most comprehensive pet insurance plans do cover cancer-related expenses ...

Small cranial nerve tumors that can cause hearing loss, vertigo and ringing in the ears are often watched rather than treated, but a new study is set to change how the tumors, called vestibular ...

For more than three decades, the federal government sought to make amends to countless Americans who developed cancer after being exposed to radiation from nuclear testing in the Southwest or ...