Radiotherapy for Non-Malignant Disorders

About this book

This volume discusses the general background, radiobiology, radiophysics and clinical applications of radiation therapy in the treatment of non-malignant diseases. Within 39 chapters, it 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. In so doing, it draws attention to and elucidates the scope for application of radiotherapy beyond the treatment of malignancies. Both the risks and the benefits of such treatment are fully considered, the former ranging from minor clinical problems to life-threatening diseases. With the assistance of many tables and colored figures, the extensive data from clinical studies are presented in a well-structured and informative way. Each chapter concludes with a list of key points, allowing the reader to quickly comprehend the main facts. Since this approach offers an interdisciplinary perspective, this book will be of interest not only to radiotherapists but also to many other practitioners and medical specialists, for example orthopedists, surgeons, and ophthalmologists.

Written for:

Radiotherapists, ophthalmologists, dermatologists, neurologists and neurosurgeons, orthopedists, general practitioners

Keywords:

• benign tumors
• non-malignant diseases
• radiation biology
• radiation physics
• radiotherapy

Table of contents

General Background

1 Radiobiological Principles - K.-R. Trott, F.-H. Kamprad, and G. Hildebrandt
2 Side Effects and Long-Term Risks from Radiotherapy of Benign Diseases - K.-R. Trott and F.-H. Kamprad
3 Risk Assessment and Carcinogenesis Modelling - J. J. Broerse, J. T. M. Jansen and J. Zoetelief
4 Radiophysical Principles - U. Wolf and T. Wiezorek
5 Clinical Principles - M. H. Seegenschmiedt and U. Schäfer
6 Irradiation of Non-Malignant Diseases: A Survey - J. W. H. Leer, P. van Houtte and J. Davelaar
7 Patterns of Care Study for Non-Malignant Diseases in Germany - M. H. Seegenschmiedt, O. Micke, and the German Cooperative Group on Benign Diseases (GCG-BD)

Skin and Soft Tissue Disorders

8 Tumors, Hyperplasia, Dermatoses - R. G. Panizzon, R. O. Mirimanoff, and M. H. Seegenschmiedt
9 Morbus Dupuytren / Morbus Ledderhose - M. H. Seegenschmiedt
10 Peyronie’s Disease - L. Incrocci
11 Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars - B. Guix, A. Andrés, P. Salort, J. I. Tello, I. Henríquez, J. A. Lejárcegui, and M. H. Seegenschmiedt
12 Aggressive Fibromatosis/Desmoid Tumors - O. Micke, H. T. Eich, F. Bruns, J. Heide, G. Gosheger, and M. H. Seegenschmiedt

Bone and Joint Disorders

13 Orthopaedic Examination, Tests and Clinical Scores - O. Micke and M. H. Seegenschmiedt
14 Rotator Cuff Syndrome (RCS) - B. Adamietz
15 Humeral Epicondylopathia (HEP), Lateral and Medial Humeral Epicondylitis - M. H. Seegenschmiedt, Felicitas Guntrum and H. Krahl
16 Calcaneodynia: Plantar and Dorsal Heel Spur/Heel Spur Syndrome - O. Micke, A. Ernst-Stecken, R. Mücke and M. H. Seegenschmiedt
17 Degenerative Joint Disease/Activated Osteoarthrosis Deformans: Hip/Knee/Shoulder/Other Joints - G. Hildebrandt and F.-H. Kamprad
18 Heterotopic Ossifi cations: General Survey for All Sites - M. H. Seegenschmiedt, O. Micke and R. Heyd
19 Heterotopic Ossifi cation Prophylaxis - The Hip - O. Kölbl, W. E. Alberti, and M. H. Seegenschmiedt
20 Heterotopic Ossifi cations after Head and Spinal Cord Injuries (HSCI) - M.-L. Sautter-Bihl, P. Lukas, E. Liebermeister, D. Maier and A. Nanassy
21 Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS) - R. Oppenkowski and M. H. Seegenschmiedt
22 Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) - T. Olschewski, O. Micke and M. H. Seegenschmiedt
23 Vertebral Hemangiomas (SVH) - R. Heyd and M. H. Seegenschmiedt
24 Aneurysmal Bone Cyst (ABC) - R. Heyd and M. H. Seegenschmiedt

Vascular Disorders

25 Giant Hemangioma/Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome - P. Schueller, S. Hesselmann and O. Micke

Eye Disorders

26 Graves’ Orbitopathy - S. Staar, H. T. Eich and M. H. Seegenschmiedt
27 Pseudotumor Orbitae M. Notter and K. M. Greven
28 Pterygium - R. H. Greiner, B. Pajic and J. Kutzner
29 Hemangiomas and Vascular Tumors of the Eye - M. Murty, J. E. Freire, C. L. Shields, J. A. Shields, A. Mashayekhi, and L. W. Brady

Local and Systemic Infl ammatory Disorders

30 Infl ammatory Disorders: Furunculitis, Hidradenitis, Panaritium and Paronychia - D. Fröhlich, D. Baaske and M. Glatzel
31 Lymphocutaneous Fistulas and Lymphoceles - B. Neu and W. Haase
32 Local Rheumatoid Arthritis and Radiation Synevectomy - G. M. Kacl and G. Stucki

Head and Neck

33 Non-Malignant Disorders of the Head Region - R. Oppenkowski and M. H. Seegenschmiedt

CNS and Brain

34 Arterio-Venous Malformation - M. W. Gross and R. Engenhart-Cabillic
35 Meningeoma - S. Milker-Zabel and J. Debus
36 Vestibular Schwannoma (Acoustic Neuroma) - A.-L. Grosu, E. Oestreicher, C. Fauser, C. Lumenta, W. J. Arnold and M. Molls
37 Pituitary Adenoma - D. Zierhut
38 Trigeminal Neuralgia - M. Attassi, M. H. Seegenschmiedt, and M. Körner
39 Radiosurgical Treatment Options for Epileptic Disorders - H. G. Wieser
40 Where There is No Evidence: Registry for Rare Benign Diseases - O. Micke, A. Koehler and M. H. Seegenschmiedt

Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725

List of Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737