OKLAHOMA CITY — Every year, Guthrie resident Donna Romine is diligent about getting her mammogram. In 2014, her diligence may have saved her life. “One year it wasn’t there, the next year it was,” ...

For the first time in Utah, Intermountain Health doctors have performed an innovative new procedure using radiation therapy typically applied to treat cancer patients to cure a life-threatening ...

A study published in The Lancet showed a significant survival benefit for patients with oropharyngeal cancers who were treated with proton therapy (IMPT) compared to those treated with traditional ...

Compared with interventional cardiologists, interventional imagers are exposed to markedly higher levels of radiation during structural heart procedures, according to new single-center data. These ...

Radiation therapy, alone or in combination with surgery and chemotherapy, is commonly used for the treatment of many cancers. Although radiation therapy can usually be delivered without resulting in ...

Few surgeries carry the risks of brain surgery, especially when cancerous tumors are removed. The follow-up radiation has the potential to do even more damage, but a newly approved procedure does a ...

During the Procedure SBRT is overseen by a radiation oncologist who conducts the initial set-up and dosing instructions. Pre-tests scans are reviewed either by the radiation oncologist or an on-site ...

An episode-based payment model, the Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model (RO-APM), has been proposed for Medicare reimbursement of radiation services provided to oncology patients. RO-APM may ...

Zydus Cancer Hospital, Ahmedabad, successfully performs over 200 Non-Invasive Radiotherapy procedures under the expertise of ...

To reduce the amount of fluoroscopy or X-ray radiation, a team of researchers worked with imaging tools such as 3D mapping and ultrasound to develop a new standard for radiation-free electrophysiology ...

AZD1390, an ataxia telangiectasia mutant (ATM) kinase inhibitor, demonstrated a manageable safety profile in both recurrent and newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) patients when given in combination ...