Non-Oncological Radiotherapy: A Review of Modern Approaches

Despite being usually delivered in oncological patients, radiotherapy can be used as a successful treatment for several non-malignant disorders. Even though this use of radiotherapy has been scarcely investigated since the 1950s, more recent interest has actually shed the light on this approach. Thu...

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Autores principales: Nardone, Valerio, D’Ippolito, Emma, Grassi, Roberta, Sangiovanni, Angelo, Gagliardi, Federico, De Marco, Giuseppina, Menditti, Vittorio Salvatore, D’Ambrosio, Luca, Cioce, Fabrizio, Boldrini, Luca, Salvestrini, Viola, Greco, Carlo, Desideri, Isacco, De Felice, Francesca, D’Onofrio, Ida, Grassi, Roberto, Reginelli, Alfonso, Cappabianca, Salvatore
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9605240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36294816
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12101677
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Sumario:Despite being usually delivered in oncological patients, radiotherapy can be used as a successful treatment for several non-malignant disorders. Even though this use of radiotherapy has been scarcely investigated since the 1950s, more recent interest has actually shed the light on this approach. Thus, the aim of this narrative review is to analyze the applications of non-oncological radiotherapy in different disorders. Key references were derived from a PubMed query. Hand searching and clinicaltrials.gov were also used. This review contains a narrative report and a critical discussion of non-oncological radiotherapy approaches. In conclusion, non-oncological radiotherapy is a safe and efficacious approach to treat several disorders that needs to be further investigated and used in clinical practice.

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