Few days are worse than a day when you hear the words, “I’m sorry, you have cancer.” Fear of the unknown, fear of pain, and fear of death all attend the moment when you learn the news, and nothing can ...

IMRT uses a linear accelerator, a computer-controlled machine that’s about the size of a small car. It sends high-energy radiation or X-rays to cancers. IMRT doesn’t hurt. You shouldn’t feel anything ...

Radiation therapists assist in the treatment of cancer and other health conditions through the administration of powerful, radioactive interventions such as chemotherapy. Most radiation therapy uses ...

Cayuga Health announced today that it has added a new LINAC – medical linear accelerator - machine to treat cancer by using high energy radiation to conform to a tumor’s shape while protecting ...

The Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center opened a new Radiation Oncology Wing on March 22 which features a state-of-the-art radiation therapy machine that allows doctors to treat many cancerous tumors ...

Over the next several years, The University of Vermont Health Network will install six new state-of-the-art linear accelerators for improved radiation treatments to combat cancer at Central Vermont ...

The Food and Drug Administration has canceled its policy of giving rubber-stamp approval to marketing of powerful new radiation therapy equipment like linear accelerators. From now on, the ...

When a 27-year-old engineer walked into Dr Sandeep Vaishya's office with what seemed like an impossible diagnosis - 56 brain ...

NORMAL — The state-of-the-art for tracking and zapping tumors soon will be used on patients at the Community Cancer Center. A TrueBeam STx radiation treatment system is being tested by medical ...