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.

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

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to wait long to take the next step. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, moving from active surveillance ...

Patients with secondary rectal cancer (SRC) after radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer have shorter survival compared with matched treatment-naïve patients, (1) but factors explaining this gap have ...

Neoadjuvant radiotherapy followed by surgery can improve overall survival compared with surgery alone in certain patients with locally advanced rectal cancers, most notably in those with lower rectal ...

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men worldwide, accounting for more than 1.4 million new cases each year. For many patients, radiotherapy is a standard treatment option that ...

Radiation therapy for cancer might be a double-edged sword High doses of radiation can promote the growth of tumors that have spread outside the initial cancer site Radiation-treated tumors release a ...

More than half of breast cancer patients receive radiation as part of their treatment, but it may not help those with early-stage cancer, new research shows. Women who received a radiation course ...

BC Cancer in Kelowna is highlighting a first-in-Canada cancer treatment innovation that uses custom 3D-printed applicators to improve care for patients with cervical 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 ...