External-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is a treatment where radiation beams come from a source outside the body. Usually, it comes from a machine called a linear accelerator (also called a LINAC).

THE acute radiation syndrome is an illness produced by exposure of the entire body, or a large part of the body, to ionizing radiations of a penetrating character. Although virtually unknown in ...

Radiotherapy, which is also commonly referred to as radiation therapy, involves the use of ionizing radiation to induce damage to tumor cells in an effort to prevent their growth and division. Since ...

Radiation therapy is an essential treatment for prostate cancers. Complications from radiation are very rare, but occasionally men can develop a urethral stricture after radiation treatment. The ...

Radiation therapy is often described in clinical terms, but rarely through the eyes of the person lying on the treatment table. After decades of working with medical radiation professionally, I found ...

Acute radiation syndrome (ARS) is a serious illness resulting from exposure to high amounts of radiation in a very short period. For instance, most people are familiar with the effects that rescue ...

Ants may be small, but they are quite rugged, especially in the face of extreme stressful situations like nuclear radiation.