Updated Brochure on Gynecologic Cancer Treatments Now Available

FAIRFAX, Va. -- The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology has published an updated version of its brochure Radiation Therapy for Gynecologic Cancers. The brochure provides women coping with a gynecologic cancer useful information on the different types of radiation therapy and their treatment options, as well as new information on the potential side effects and how to care for themselves while undergoing treatment. "Being diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer can be an overwhelming experience and making sense of the different treatments available is not an easy task," said Thomas Eichler, M.D., Chair of ASTRO's Communications Committee and a radiation oncologist at the Thomas Johns Cancer Center in Richm...