A pioneering new treatment promises to tackle a wider range of cancers, with fewer side-effects than conventional ...

Researchers have created an ultra-fast cancer treatment that can deliver much-needed treatment in just one second.

While it may not sound like a major leap, this approach offers one big advantage: killing cancerous cells while doing less ...

United Healthcare Insurance Co. struck a deal to resolve three proposed class actions saying it wrongly refused to cover a ...

Advocate Radiation Oncology’s cancer treatment center offers traditional radiation treatments through Varian TrueBeam, a linear accelerator that targets and destroys tumor cells in the body using ...

Proton therapy more precisely targets radiation to tumors, with less damage to surrounding tissues than other radiation therapies. The treatment is costly, not always covered by insurance ...

As treatment is targeted at the cancer, there is less radiation to healthy tissue and fewer side effects. Although it’s called radiosurgery there is no surgery involved. Proton therapy machines treat ...