The success of radiotherapy in eradicating a tumour depends principally on the total radiation dose given, but the tolerance of the normal tissues surrounding the tumour limits this dose. There is ...

Radiotherapy is a key foundation of oncologic treatment that is used across the spectrum of cancer indications. Advances in imaging, treatment planning, and dose delivery have led to increasingly ...

A five-day course of radiotherapy to treat breast cancer may, in some cases, expose as much lung and heart tissue to potentially toxic radiation as does the standard six weeks of treatment, say ...