Radiation therapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses high-energy beams to kill cancer cells. It can be used alone or in combination with other therapies.
Sometimes, radiation can also impact normal tissues that are being treated, such as the skin, connective tissue, muscles, blood vessels and lymphatic vessels. This can cause radiation fibrosis, a late side effect of radiation treatment.
As a radiation oncologist...
With a family history of prostate cancer, Keith Burchfield did not wait to talk to his doctor about the risks and benefits of early prostate...
When I was still in active treatment for stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, a type of oral cancer, I was so focused on staying...
My nutritionist and chiropractor suspected something was wrong when I could not lose weight, but I was not concerned. I did not have any cramps or pain anywhere, so what could be wrong? He suggested I get an MRI to see if I had fibroid cysts causing abdominal swelling.
My cervical cancer diagnosisI had a pelvic MRI near my home in Dallas. The results showed I had fibroid cysts and cells on my cervix that could be cancerous. I...
Radiation therapy to the pelvis can be used to treat gastrointestinal cancers, such as anal cancer and rectal cancer.
Because the anal...
Since radiation therapy was first used to treat cancer over a century ago, clinicians have sought the right balance between maximizing the...
For many patients diagnosed with certain types of B-cell lymphoma, leukemia and multiple myeloma, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy...
For college professor Chu Nguyen, Ph.D., taking care of his health and eating a plant-based diet is important. So, when he noticed a lump...
Male breast cancer represents approximately 1% of all cases of breast cancer. Until my diagnosis, I did not know men could get breast cancer...
Many patients diagnosed with breast cancer will need radiation therapy as part of their treatment plan. How is it different from treatments...