There are two main types of lung cancer: small cell and non-small cell. According to the American Cancer Society, non-small ...

Researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have assembled a national database with millions of multi-day ...

People who have received radiation therapy to the chest area may be at higher risk for lung cancer. Chest radiation therapy is often recommended for people with breast cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma.

Radiation therapy is used to treat the primary (main) site of certain diseases, such as breast, colon, lung and prostate cancers ... shapes the radiation beams so they closely fit the area of the ...

Modern linear accelerators have multileaf collimators to automatically create individualized treatment fields for conformal radiotherapy and IMRT. Another feature of modern accelerators is the in ...

Drug Improves Effectiveness of Radiation for Lung Cancer That Has Spread to the Brain Oct. 4, 2024 — The University of Cincinnati's Debanjan Bhattacharya is first author of new research ...

Singer Linda Nolan, part of the famed Irish family group The Nolans, died on Jan. 15, 2025, at the age of 65. Nolan, ...

Following a lung cancer diagnosis, I learned that it is important to ask oncologists thoughtful questions to know if they are the best doctor for my needs.

Radiotherapy is a cornerstone of cancer care. However, in recent decades, Sweden has fallen behind in this area, both in ...

Together, these services empower smokers and lung cancer patients to take meaningful ... exposing patients to lower levels of radiation while delivering clearer, more accurate results.