As a caregiver, I learned that CyberKnife radiation for metastatic prostate cancer comes with psychological and physical ...

Around 50–90% of brain tumor patients that survive at least 6 months after radiotherapy experience some form of cognitive ...

Despite decades of research to develop effective treatments, the median survival for glioblastoma—the most common malignant ...

NIH-supported researchers have developed a new method using a protein from tardigrades to help protect healthy tissue during ...

Mouse cells tweaked to produce the tardigrade protein incurred less DNA damage than unaltered cells — hinting at a new tool for cancer patient care.

SpaceOAR Hydrogel reduced the risk of bowel disorders, the need for colonoscopy and rectal resection following radiation ...

Radiation can harm surrounding healthy tissue, leading to injury and inflammation, but protective measures remain limited. The researchers hypothesized that delivering the protective tardigrade mRNA ...

Brain cancer remains one of medicine's most formidable challenges, requiring sophisticated treatment approaches tailored to ...

Radiation from mobile phones may cause brain tissue damage, a two-year study has found. Scientists discovered that emissions from handsets affect the delicate make-up of cells in blood vessels ...

By Keith Hamm By design, the detonation of a nuclear weapon in a major city would be devastating. The explosion of intense ...

A team of researchers from University of Iowa Health Care, MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has developed an innovative method to protect healthy tissue from radiation therapy damage using a ...

Heavy-ion therapy, one of the most advanced radiotherapy techniques, has proven to be more effective than conventional X-rays ...