RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — VCU Health has debuted southern Virginia’s only radiation therapy machine with new Varian HyperSight technology. On Wednesday, June 11, leaders from VCU Health, donors and local ...

Doctors may use radiation therapy to treat benign tumors. Radiation can shrink and eliminate benign growths without doctors having to perform surgery. Benign tumors are noncancerous growths that can ...

Radiation therapy uses high-energy rays to destroy cancerous cells. Doctors may recommend a combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy to treat esophageal cancer. Radiation therapy uses ...

GURGAON: A new Varian EDGE radiation therapy system with advanced imaging and targeting features has been launched at Medanta ...

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 ...

NORWALK — Norwalk Hospital is now offering a tattoo-less radiation therapy for all breast cancer patients, leaving them "with as little a reminder" as possible of their rigorous treatments as possible ...

Leo Cancer Care's high-tech chair, which combines an upright patient positioning system and a CT scanner, received FDA clearance in July. Startup Leo Cancer Care is transforming proton radiation ...

Radiation therapy is used to treat tumors of the liver that can’t be removed with surgery and that are too large for other treatment options. Radiation therapy alone isn’t a cure for liver cancer, but ...

A new radiation therapy system that delivers sub-millimetric precision and significantly shorter treatment times has been ...

Every year, doctors get better tools to fight cancer. Engineered cancer-killing cells, immunotherapies, targeted drugs, and more are helping clinicians cure more patients. Increasingly, though, ...

Receiving a diagnosis of cancer can be frightening and confusing. Often, patients are referred for consultation with a radiation oncologist to identify treatment options. A radiation oncologist is a ...

Dutch researchers experiment using a 1896 first generation X-ray machine. March 16, 2011— -- In a pitch-black room a series of coils buzz with electricity. A spark ignites and a greenish glow ...