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  1. Radiation Therapy With or Without Bicalutamide in Treating Patients With Stage II, Stage III, or Recurrent Prostate Cancer - Mayo Clinic

    RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Androgens can stimulate the growth of prostate cancer cells. Hormone therapy using ...

  2. New radiotherapy treatment for brain cancer offers superior preservation of cognitive function, Mayo researchers say

    23, by Mayo Clinic researchers at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) in San Antonio. “The hippocampus is a part of ...

  3. Curriculum - Radiation Therapy Program (Minnesota) - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science

    The Radiation Therapy Program is designed to provide you with experience in all areas of radiation oncology. Courses take place in a specific sequence, ...

  4. Proton Beam Therapy Program - Department home - Mayo Clinic

    This advance allows Mayo radiation oncologists to deliver higher doses of radiation to cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. Mayo Clinic offers proton beam ...

  5. Specialized Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery - Mayo Clinic

    In addition to the radiation treatment, patients will receive chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel, which are standard drugs for treating lung cancer.

  6. 10 years, 10,000 lives: Mayo experts highlight the journey and future of proton beam and particle therapy at Mayo Clinic

    ... therapies. Nadia Laack, M.D., chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, and Anita Mahajan, M.D., radiation oncologist and ...

  7. Stage 4 (metastatic) colon cancer - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Sometimes it's used with radiation therapy. Chemotherapy is usually delivered through an intravenous line (IV) or sometimes as a pill. Treatment is given in ...

  8. Radiopharmaceutical therapy shows favorable results for people with tough-to-treat meningioma brain tumors, Mayo Clinic study finds

    Standard treatment for patients with meningiomas is either surgical removal or external beam radiation therapy when tumors grow in areas where surgery is too ...

  9. Expert Alert: Accelerated breast cancer treatments at Mayo Clinic provide more options for patients during pandemic

    ― Radiation therapy for breast cancer can be grueling and disruptive, stretching out for as long as five to seven weeks, and often requiring extended time ...

  10. Esophageal cancer - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Combining chemotherapy and radiation therapy may enhance the effectiveness of each treatment. Combined chemotherapy and radiation may be the only treatment you ...