Mercy Health – Lorain is expanding its radiation oncology services, adding brachytherapy to treat patients with cancer, according to a news release. Dr. David Barron, medical director, oncology ...

Pelvic second malignancy occurred twice as often after brachytherapy for prostate cancer as compared with radical prostatectomy, a large retrospective review showed. Second pelvic malignancy -- ...

When Chris Muraithi, turned 45, he started going for regular tests to check his prostate. One of the tests performed during his visits to a medical facility is one that measures the level of ...

Ivan Buzurovic, Associate Professor of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School will give a talk on “Automation, Optimization and MRI-Only ...

A physician-led initiative at Mercy Health – Lorain targets shortening treatments for cancer patients. Brachytherapy delivers radiation in a higher dose over a shorter distance, said Dr. David Barron, ...

Kibel and colleagues reported in The Journal of Urology (published online February 15, 2012) that among more than 10,000 men undergoing radical prostatectomy, EBRT, or brachytherapy, brachytherapy was ...

Mabel Martin recently got a brand-new kind of cancer treatment, one that directed radiation internally at the spot where a tumor had been removed from her abdomen. Martin, 70, underwent electronic ...

Plasma Osteopontin Is an Independent Prognostic Marker for Head and Neck Cancers We analyzed claims for Medicare-enrolled men older than age 65 years living in Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End ...