When planning for palliative radiotherapy, clinicians can forgo an additional CT scan on the same day as treatment and instead use a recent diagnostic CT scan, according to a results from a randomized ...

A new study reveals that only about 1 in 3 patients with prostate cancer have a successful first CT simulation, while 1 in 6 need to be rescheduled for another day.

Palliative radiation therapy is a cornerstone of modern oncological care, offering symptomatic relief and improved quality of life for patients with advanced or metastatic cancer. By targeting tumours ...

This series of microlearning videos present basic principles and practical aspects for conventional and CT simulation for cervical cancer radiotherapy. At the completion of this microlearning videos, ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Radiation from CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that cautions against overusing and overdosing CTs. The danger is greatest for ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new $1.2 million study seeks to develop software for calculating a patient?s radiation exposure from diagnostic X-ray CT scans. Funded by the U.S. Institutes of Health (NIH) ...

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most ...

A stock photo of a person undergoing a CT scan A recently published study has found that the radiation from CT scans could potentially lead to thousands of cancer diagnoses "These findings suggest ...

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most ...