Radiotherapy for Non-Malignant Disorders discusses the general background, radiobiology, radiophysics and clinical applications of radiation therapy in the treatment of non-malignant diseases.

Radiotherapy for Non-Malignant Disorders documents the rationale and indications for the use of state-of-the-art radiotherapy for various non-malignant disorders of the CNS, head and neck, eye, skin and soft tissues, bone and joints, and the vascular system.

Contents

General Background

1. Radiobiological Principles
2. Side Effects and Long-Term Risks from Radiotherapy of Benign Diseases
3. Risk Assessment and Carcinogenesis Modelling
4. Radiophysical Principles
5. Clinical Principles
6. Irradiation of Non-Malignant Diseases: A Survey
7. Patterns of Care Study for Non-Malignant Diseases in Germany

Skin and Soft Tissue Disorders

8. Tumors, Hyperplasia, Dermatoses
9. Morbus Dupuytren / Morbus Ledderhose
10. Peryronie's Disease
11. Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars
12. Aggressive Fibromatosis/Desmoid Tumors

Bone and Joint Disorders

13. Orthopaedic Examination, Tests and Clinical Scores
14. Rotator Cuff Syndrome
15. Humeral Epicondylopathia, Lateral and Medical Humeral Epicondylitis
16. Calcaneodynia: Plantar and Dorsal Heel Spur/Heel Spur Syndrome
17. Degenerative Joint Disease/ Activated Osteoarthrosis Deformans: Hip/Knee/Shoulder/Other Joints
18. Heterotopic Ossifications: General Survey for All Sites
19. Heterotopic Ossification Prophylaxis - The Hip
20. Heterotopic Ossifications after Head annd Spinal Cord Injuries
21. Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
22. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
23. Vertebral Hemangiomas
24. Aneurysmal Bone Cyst

Vascular Disorders

25. Giant Hemangioma/Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome

Eye Disorders

26. Graves' Orbitopathy
27. Pseudotumor Orbitae
28. Pterygium
29. Hemangiomas and Vascular Tumors of the Eye

Local and Systemic Inflammatory Disorders

30. Inflammatory Disorders: Furunculitis, Hidradenitis, Panaritium and Paronychia
31. Lymphocutaneous Fistulas and Lymphoceles
32. Local Rheumatiod Arthritis and Radiation Synevectomy

Head and Kneck

33. Non-Malignant Disorders of the Head Region

CNS and Brain

34. Arterio-Venous Malformation
35. Meningeoma
36. Vestibular Schwannoma
37. Pituitary Adenoma
38. Trigeminal Neuralgia
39. Radiosurgical Treatment Options for Epileptic Disorders
40. Where There is No Evidence: Registry for Rare Benign Diseases

Index

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