Radiation therapy can treat lung cancer at all stages, easing symptoms, improving precision and minimizing side effects with modern techniques. Radiation therapy is a precise, targeted treatment for ...

Radiation therapy is one of the most common treatments for lung cancer. It’s often used in combination with other therapies, like surgery or chemotherapy. Proton therapy, or proton beam therapy, is a ...

Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is a type of radiation therapy in which special equipment is used to precisely deliver a dose of radiation to a tumor. SBRT aims to employ the highest possible ...

Precision-targeted radiation is proving a match for surgery in early-stage lung cancer, offering patients similar long-term survival with less invasiveness, and potentially transforming how this ...

A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham trialed stereotactic (targeted) brain-directed radiation in 100 patients with small cell lung cancer and brain metastases, finding they ...

Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in this country among both men and women, but a new treatment is giving some patients hope in their fight. While chemotherapy drugs are effective in helping to ...

Radiation therapy kills cancer cells, but it can also damage healthy cells, causing side effects like fatigue, nausea, and skin changes. Certain medications may help. Radiation therapy is a common ...

A new study led by researchers from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that using high doses of radiation while integrating an ablative radiotherapy technique called ...

Long-term survival was equivalent for patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whether treated with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) or surgery, according to updated ...

There is a perception that chemotherapy is like treatments from 20 or 30 years ago. They think it will have side effects that are not tolerable, but we have made significant advances in managing the ...

Radiation therapy targets lung cancer at all stages, damaging tumor cell DNA to inhibit growth and division. Palliative radiation focuses on symptom relief in polymetastatic disease, using shorter, ...