Mercy Hospital’s cancer center unveiled a new high-tech radiation machine Wednesday afternoon, bringing advanced cancer ...

As part of the health system's commitment to maintaining a quality-driven, state-of-the-art cancer treatment facility, Covenant HealthCare is adding a second linear accelerator to the Covenant ...

A very big report came out last month with very little fanfare. It concluded what we in nuclear science have been saying for decades – radiation doses less than about 10 rem (0.1 Sv) are no big deal.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The linear dose-response relationship remains the most plausible method of determining risk for ...

Clinical experience with neuroendocrine rectal tumors. Background: The purpose of this study was to retrospectively analyze the outcomes of patients with recurrent, metastatic, or unresectable rectal ...

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STANFORD (CBS SF) -- The Stanford Cancer Institute will soon be the first hospital in the nation to use a new technology intended to reduce the number of radiation treatments for cancer patients.

Almost all of the data on the biological effects of ionizing radiation come from studies of high doses. However, the human population is unlikely to be exposed to such doses. Regulatory limits for ...

Now it is official. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) decisively upheld the Linear No-Threshold model to prescribe radiation safety standards, ending the protracted controversy on the topic ...