Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.

Radiation therapy is often thought of as a treatment that only has a role in early-stage disease. This is no longer the case, and this approach to treatment can be used in several different ways even ...

Prostatectomy and radiation therapy show no survival difference for low-risk prostate cancer, but higher-risk cases require careful treatment consideration. The ProtecT trial supports active ...

For many men with prostate cancer, weeks of daily treatments are no longer the norm. Jonathan Tward, MD, a radiation oncologist at Huntsman Cancer Institute, explains how image guidance, real-time ...

The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology has launched a randomized phase III clinical trial called RECIPROCAL (Alliance ...

To help meet the potentially complex needs of patients after prostate cancer treatment and offer the precision and care ...

Former President Joe Biden, 82, completed a round of radiation therapy for aggressive prostate cancer. He received treatment at Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology in Philadelphia. The diagnosis followed ...

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Biden, 82, celebrated the milestone at Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology in Philadelphia by taking part in the traditional ringing of the bell, a ritual that marks the end of treatment for a cancer ...

The therapy is a highly advanced form of radiation therapy that uses charged particles in the form of a proton that that gets ...

Discover how High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) treatment is revolutionizing care for prostate cancer and tumours with ...

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to wait long to take the next step. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, moving from active surveillance ...