Background In this review, we examine the continually expanding and increasingly
compelling data linking radiation and various chemicals in our environment to the current …

Improvements in early detection, supportive care, and treatment have resulted in an
increasing number of cancer survivors, with a current 5-year relative survival rate for all …

Purpose Radiotherapy reduces the absolute risk of breast cancer mortality by a few
percentage points in suitable women but can cause a second cancer or heart disease …

The introduction of advanced techniques and technology in radiotherapy has greatly
improved our ability to deliver highly conformal tumor doses while minimizing the dose to …

Background Improvements in cancer survival have made the long-term risks from treatments
more important, including the risk of developing a second cancer after radiotherapy. We …

Second and higher-order malignancies now comprise about 18% of all incident cancers in
the USA, superseding first primary cancers of the breast, lung, and prostate. The occurrence …

Mushrooms have been long accomplished for their medicinal properties and bioactivity. The
ancients benefitted from it, even before they knew that there was more to mushrooms than …

PURPOSE: Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a novel extension of conventional
intensity-modulated radiotherapy (cIMRT), in which an optimized three-dimensional dose …

Background: Radiotherapy for breast cancer reduces disease recurrence and breast cancer
mortality. However, it has also been associated with increased second cancer risks in …

Background Radiation therapy (RT) for breast cancer increases risk of coronary artery
disease (CAD). Women treated for left-vs right-sided breast cancer receive greater heart …