15. Radiotherapy as a treatment modality in Hodgkin disease
Lists benign conditions for which radiotherapy may be used, grouped by body region: central nervous system, orbits and optic apparatus, head and neck, and skin and soft tissue. It stresses weighing risk against benefit, since these conditions are not life threatening, and notes that radiotherapy is generally not the first-line treatment.
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Radiotherapy as a treatment modality in benign disease (borderline tumours, benign disease with expansion, degenerative diseases etc).
Radiotherapy as a treatment modality in benign disease (borderline tumours, benign disease with expansion, degenerative diseases etc).
Benign conditions for which radiotherapy is suitable
CNS
Meningiomas
Pituitary adenoma
Craniopharyngioma
Chordoma
Acoustic neuroma
Arteriovenous malformations
Orbits and optic apparatus
Age-related macular degeneration
Choroidal hemangioma
Pseudotumor
Pterygium
Graves ophthalmopathy
Head and neck
Trigeminal neuralgia
Paraganglioma
Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
Skin and soft tissue
Vertebral haemangioma
Keloid scarring
Psoriasis
Chronic eczema
It is important to consider risk-benefit analysis in radiation treatment as these conditions are not life threatening. Radiation is generally not the first line of treatment!
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