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 cancer treatment a patient gets depends on the type, location, and stage of the disease. Doctors often use a combination of treatments. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy are the most ...

Chemotherapy uses medications taken by mouth or infused into a vein or port. It travels through the bloodstream to kill cancer cells throughout the body. Radiation therapy targets one area by aiming ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Non-medical human imaging is the use of radiation to ...

For those of you who have been reading my blogs for some time you probably know that I worked at Analog Devices supporting high speed ADCs for many years and moved over to our space products group ...

Our radiation oncologists use the latest technology available for radiation therapy. It’s important to understand how radiation therapy fits into your rectal cancer treatment plan. This information ...