Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) is a type of radiation therapy used to prevent the spread (metastasis) of lung cancer from the lungs to the brain. It is also used in certain types of childhood ...

Say the word “irradiation,” and a lot of people will shudder. Now ask them about irradiated food, and they’ll quickly say something like “definitely not.” Yet as far back as 1999, the U.S. Department ...

A study has found that prior thoracic irradiation is associated with increased in-hospital mortality among patients admitted for AMI.