New research indicates that many UK patients don't receive adequate information about treatment-induced sexual dysfunction before, during, and after radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer. The ...

Patients missing out on effective new radiotherapies widely used in other countries, health secretary told Cancer patients are being denied access to cutting-edge treatments on the NHS because of a ...

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LMICs must focus on sustainable investment strategies and locally adapted solutions to bridge the technological gap in radiotherapy. Resource allocation in national cancer care plans should harness ...

Image: Cyberknife. Credit: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Radiotherapy can be used alongside hormone treatment, delaying the need for chemotherapy and therefore significantly protecting their ...

A British High Court judge has ruled that a seven-year-old boy can receive radiotherapy for a cancerous brain tumour against the wishes of his mother - whose judgment, he says, had "gone awry". Mr ...

Minimising the effect of arm swelling (lymphoedema) caused by breast cancer treatment is a key goal for patients and health-care providers, given the potential detrimental effect on physical, ...

The IAEA is launching a new five-year coordinated research project on how to improve nutrition and clinical outcomes for patients receiving radiotherapy. By exploring how radiotherapy affects body ...

Providing radiotherapy after surgery could prevent breast cancer from returning in the same place for up to 10 years, a long-term study suggests. This protective effect is limited after a decade, when ...