This e-learning course is designed to provide specialized training on international safety standards and best practices for radiation protection of both patients and healthcare professionals in ...

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 ...

Approximately one in eight men will develop prostate cancer, which is the second-leading cause of cancer death in American men and typically affects patients who are 65 or older. Fortunately, the ...

After skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among men in the United States. In fact, one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime, ...

In the study, published in Nature Cancer, investigators dove deep into the molecular biology of non-small cell lung cancer to pinpoint what happens on a cellular and molecular level over time when the ...

Radiation is a century-old tool in fighting cancer. In recent years, scientists have sharpened its focus, to attack tumors without damaging the body around it. In this week's Moves in Medicine, we ...

Suman Gautam, M.D., PGY2, joined the Department of Radiation Oncology residency program in July 2025. Originally from Nepal, he completed his undergraduate education at Tribhuvan University in Nepal ...

Get an x-ray, and you get a small dose of radiation to visualize your bones and body structures to help you medically. Buy a smoke detector, you’re inviting a tiny source of radiation, americium-241, ...

After nearly three decades as chair of the UAB Department of Radiation Oncology, James A. Bonner, M.D., is transitioning to an Emeritus status and will continue to work on research efforts within the ...

In the modern diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine, radiopharmaceuticals are successfully used for the diagnosis and, increasingly, for the treatment of diseases. Despite the increasing benefit ...