Approximately one in eight men will develop prostate cancer, which is the second-leading cause of cancer death in American men and typically affects patients who are 65 or older. Fortunately, the ...

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 ...

Vaginal cuff brachytherapy is a treatment that can help prevent endometrial cancer from spreading to the upper part of your vagina. It involves inserting a radioactive cylinder into your vagina to ...

Treatment options for prostate cancer depend on whether the disease is localised to the prostate gland. Current management options for localised prostate cancer include radiotherapy, radical ...

Several randomized trials have found a benefit to adding androgen deprivation (AD) to low-dose radiation therapy (RT) (65–70 Gy). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 As several ...

Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.

There are several different types of radiation therapy. The type that may be recommended for you depends on a variety of factors, such as your cancer, its stage, and your treatment goals. Radiation ...