Every day for 35 days, Beri Trestrail had a mask placed over her face and bolted to a table while she underwent radiation treatment. The netlike mask was formed to the shape of the Vancouver woman’s ...

One volunteer at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center is using his artistic skills to color radiation masks that patients can use during cancer treatments.

The soft blue thermoplastic feels warm as it's stretched against my head. We're in the process of creating my radiation mask, molding it to the exact contours of my face to better protect me during ...

Fun, it’s true, on Halloween. Interesting, true, like the fabulous African mask collection at the Stanley Museum in Iowa City. Not so fun, also true, like the mask that pins you to a table during head ...

The soft blue thermoplastic feels warm as it's stretched against my head. We're creating my radiation mask, molding it to the exact contours of my face to better protect me during radiation therapy ...

IOWA CITY - Children who brave the reality of radiation therapy often are thought of as heroes. Super heroes. And a University of Iowa administrator has created a way for them to look the part. Jana ...

ST. LOUIS — A therapist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital has created a new program painting radiation masks as popular characters to help put young brain tumor patients at ease. KMOX-AM reports that ...

When artist Nardiz Cooke appears on a Zoom screen, her brown, wavy hair cascades over the camera as she settles onto her couch. She’s in her Miami apartment, surrounded by stacks of books and walls ...