Radiotherapy dose calculation algorithms are essential components of modern treatment planning, ensuring that the prescribed radiation dose conforms as closely as possible to a patient’s tumour while ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a mathematical model for computing radiation therapy treatments that could substantially reduce patient side effects while delivering the ...

A single course of low-dose radiation therapy may provide a safe and effective alternative treatment option for people with painful knee osteoarthritis according to a new randomized, ...

The first time Anna Shapiro, MD, professor of radiation oncology at SUNY Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, New York, treated osteoarthritis with low-dose radiation, a retired physician had come ...

Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to treat, partly because surgery is not possible or is ineffective. MSK has developed a high-dose form of radiation therapy that can give safe, effective ...

Higher radiation doses (70 Gy) in lung cancer treatment did not increase pneumonitis risk and improved survival rates. Patients receiving 70 Gy had lower pneumonitis rates (34.5%) compared to ...