After receiving radiation therapy for uterine cancer, you may experience fertility challenges, vaginal dryness, and bowel or bladder problems. Options to manage and relieve your side effects can vary.

THE acute radiation syndrome is an illness produced by exposure of the entire body, or a large part of the body, to ionizing radiations of a penetrating character. Although virtually unknown in ...

Radiation therapy is an essential treatment for prostate cancers. Complications from radiation are very rare, but occasionally men can develop a urethral stricture after radiation treatment. The ...

Alexandros Washburn, here with son Ali, received a novel prostate cancer treatment using very high doses of radiation guided by MRI. “This is an extraordinary tool — and in the hands of an ...

Radiation has been a staple of breast cancer treatment for decades, but a new study is casting doubt on whether it is ...

Exposure to radiation is safe in small amounts and when it is strictly controlled during a medical exam such as an X-ray, for example. However, long-term exposure to small amounts of radiation can ...

Radiotherapy, which is also commonly referred to as radiation therapy, involves the use of ionizing radiation to induce damage to tumor cells in an effort to prevent their growth and division. Since ...

Electricity is a regular part of life these days. Most people who grew up in the U.S. don’t know what it’s like to live without a readily available energy source in their home. Our homes are filled ...

Radiation and nuclear accidents refer to incidents involving the release of radioactive materials into the environment due to accidents or malfunctions in nuclear facilities such as power plants, ...