Blindness linked to radiation therapy - A hospital in Copenhagen has stopped using radiation therapy as first choice treatment for a condition caused by overactive thyroid, after it temporar...

Softening the blow of cancer treatment-part 2 - If you have cancer and opt to follow conventional treatments, there are many alternative therapies which can alleviate the worst effects of chemothera...

Radiotherapy:the good news is it kills cancer - A new review of the use of radiotherapy for breast cancer, involving 20,000 women, has turned up some worrying findings. ...

Provera as a cancer treatment - the long term effects - Q:After surgery and radiotherapy for cancer (uterus) I am taking three tablets of Provera (100 mg) daily. I am worried about the "long term effects"...

Hydrogen peroxide treatment for cancer - Q Have you featured the hydrogen peroxide treatment for cancer? I understand that this has recently come under attack from the medical world, but has...

Disappointed in cancer treatment - The Lancet - that bastion of medical orthodoxy is calling for a major rethink in breast cancer treatment and an admission from the medical profession...

Radiotherapy - Cancer cure or time bomb? - Up to 50 per cent of cancer patients will be treated with radiotherapy. It may be used exclusively, or as a back up to chemotherapy or surgery. Like c...

Case study: The risks of radiotherapy for cancer - In early 1992, my aunt, aged 72, contracted lung cancer. She was put on a course of chemotherapy pills, which was extremely successful, and virtually...