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Irradiation of Non-malignant Diseases: An International Survey

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Radiotherapy for Non-Malignant Disorders

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

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Abstract

The treatment of benign or non-malignant diseases with radiotherapy has drawn new interest, especially in the Western world. Questions about the effectiveness and risks of radiotherapy for these disorders have to be answered in the light of new information from clinical research, dose calculations and risk estimates.

This is a modified reprint with kind permission from Radiotherapy & Oncology (1998) 48:249-257 [3]

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Jan Willem Hendrik Leer MD, PhD (Professor)

  2. Department of Radiotherapy, Institute Jules Bordet, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

    Paul van Houtte (Professor)

  3. Department of Clincial Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Jaap Davelaar

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  1. Jan Willem Hendrik Leer MD, PhD
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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology and Therapeutic Radiology, Alfried-Krupp-Hospital, Alfried-Krupp-Strasse 21, Postfach 10 22 43, 45117, Essen, Germany

    Michael Heinrich Seegenschmiedt MD (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Strahlenklinik Klinikum Duisburg, Zu den Rehwiesen 9, 47055, Duisburg, Germany

    Hans-Bruno Makoski MD (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Department of Radiation Biology, St. Bartolomew’s Medical College, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK

    Klaus-Rüdiger Trott MD (Professor) (Professor)

  4. Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Society, USA

    Luther W. Brady MD (Professor of Clinical Oncology, and Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology Distinguished University Professor) (Professor of Clinical Oncology, and Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology Distinguished University Professor)

  5. College of Medicine, Drexel University, Broad & Vine Sts., Mail Stop 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19102-1192, USA

    Luther W. Brady MD (Professor of Clinical Oncology, and Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology Distinguished University Professor) (Professor of Clinical Oncology, and Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology Distinguished University Professor)

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Willem Hendrik Leer, J., van Houtte, P., Davelaar, J. (2008). Irradiation of Non-malignant Diseases: An International Survey. In: Seegenschmiedt, M.H., Makoski, HB., Trott, KR., Brady, L.W. (eds) Radiotherapy for Non-Malignant Disorders. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68943-0_6

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