Stereotactic body radiation therapy for low- to intermediate-risk prostate cancer has potential cost savings and may improve access to radiation, increase convenience, and boost quality of life. The ...

The Monte Carlo simulation revealed that the mean cost and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) for SBRT and IMRT were $22,152 and 7.9 years and $35,431 and 7.9 years, respectively. The sensitivity ...

A new article pits the gold standard simulation method used to calculate the interaction of the ionizing radiation with matter and estimate the radiation dose delivered to a target organ -- Monte ...

A new paper published in EPJ Plus and authored by Eduardo De Paiva, from the Division of Medical Physics at the Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pits the gold ...

For patients with recurrent retroperitoneal sarcomas that cannot be treated surgically, treatment choices are limited. These ...

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will present new data at the American Society for ...

A look at some of the more unconventional applications of radiation therapy reported at the ASTRO 2025 meeting ...

A new phase III clinical trial finds that intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton beam therapy resulted in ...

Patients with advanced breast cancer are living longer, and with the availability of better diagnostic imaging, the incidence of brain metastases in these patients has increased in recent years. [1,2] ...

BATON ROUGE – On May 28, LSU’s live tiger mascot, Mike VI, was anesthetized and taken to Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center for a radiation treatment simulation, the first step in ...