Radiation Oncology

Osteoarthritis

Questions discussed in this category

Does your practice currently use low-dose radiation in the treatment of osteoarthritis?

In patients with bone metastases and osteoarthritis, if it is unclear if the pain is from cancer or OA, how do you decide on the radiation dose/fracti...

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Would you offer re-irradiation LDRT for someone with osteoarthritis or tendinitis if symptoms recur?

If yes, what time frame would you potentially offer this? If they had complete relief in one joint and partial relief in another after 2 courses, woul...

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When in the treatment of OA do you think it is optimal to offer LDRT?

Many guidelines continue to list LDRT as a non-primary/secondary intervention; do you wait to offer LDRT until after trial of conventional primary int...

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Would you consider using LDRT for joint pain/arthritis caused by aromatase inhibitors as a means to keep patients on therapy?

Using arthritis regimens such as 0.5 Gy x 6 fractions

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Do you offer low-dose radiation therapy for osteoarthritis of the spine?

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Is there any benefit to the use of low dose radiation in patients with osteoarthritis who have already undergone joint replacement?

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Do you offer LDRT for psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or polymyalgia rheumatica or fibromyalgia?

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Papers discussed in this category

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2022 Apr 30

The Use of Low-Dose Radiotherapy in Osteoarthritis: A Review.

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al], 2014 Sep 20

DEGRO guidelines for the radiotherapy of non-malignant disorders. Part II: Painful degenerative skeletal disorders.

Strahlenther Onkol, 2021 Oct

Low-dose radiotherapy for painful osteoarthritis of the elderly: A multicenter analysis of 970 patients with 1185 treated sites.

Ann Rheum Dis, 2019 Jan

Effectiveness of low-dose radiation therapy on symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised, double-blinded, sham-controlled trial.

Osteoarthritis and cartilage, 2018 Jul 07

Lack of beneficial effects of low-dose radiation therapy on hand osteoarthritis symptoms and inflammation: a randomised, blinded, sham-controlled trial.

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al], 2021 Nov 01

ArthroRad trial: multicentric prospective and randomized single-blinded trial on the effect of low-dose radiotherapy for painful osteoarthritis depending on the dose-results after 3 months' follow-up.

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al], 2023 Oct 10

ArthroRad trial: randomized multicenter single-blinded trial on the effect of low-dose radiotherapy for painful osteoarthritis-final results after 12-month follow-up.

Frontiers in immunology, 2022 Jan 03

Low-Dose Radiotherapy Leads to a Systemic Anti-Inflammatory Shift in the Pre-Clinical K/BxN Serum Transfer Model and Reduces Osteoarthritic Pain in Patients.

The British journal of radiology, 2015 May 08

Radiotherapy for non-malignant disorders: state of the art and update of the evidence-based practice guidelines.

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