Dr. Horowitz answers the question: 'Different Types of Radiation Therapy?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: Are there different types of radiation treatment for prostate cancer, and what determines which ...

If you've been diagnosed with cancer, your doctor may suggest you get radiation therapy. It's a common treatment that shrinks tumors and kills cancer cells -- and might be the only one you need to ...

A Geiger counter, also known as the Geiger-Muller tube, is an inexpensive and useful instrument used to quickly detect and measure radiation. There are two types of radiation, non-ionizing and ...

Computed tomography -- also known as computed axial tomography, a CT scan, or a CAT scan -- is a tool doctors use to diagnose many types of health problems. Special X-ray equipment creates images of ...

Chemotherapy and radiation therapy may be used together or individually in cancer treatment. Chemotherapy is medication and radiation therapy uses high dose energy. Both can be highly effective. A ...

The Senator Orrin G. Hatch Proton Therapy Center at Huntsman Cancer Institute opened in spring of 2021. Our radiation oncologists offer a range of the very best treatments individualized for patients.

The University of Jyväskylä (Finland), in collaboration with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), has developed a new type of handheld multi-purpose radiation detector that ...

Sunlight contains ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which is made up of different types of rays. The types of UV radiation you’re probably most familiar with are UVA and UVB rays. These rays can affect your ...

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered that radiation therapy combined with two types of immunotherapy - one that boosts T cells, and another that boosts dendritic cells - can control ...

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a low-risk form of early-stage breast cancer. Women with DCIS can have radiation after the tumor is removed to lower the risk that the cancer could come back. A new ...

Scientists have developed a new type of handheld multi-purpose radiation detector that comprehensively detects all types of ionizing radiation. The device can be used by industrial and medical ...