Do you counsel patients differently about the risk of radiation induced malignancy when you are treating a proximal joint (hip) vs a distal joint (elbow) for benign conditions such as OA?
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Radiation Oncology · Michigan Healthcare Professionals, PC
The mentality for this must change from radiation oncologist thinking to radiation medicine thinking. There have been no documented cases of malignancy from LDRT treatment of OA. Those who worry about the spine reference old studies giving 20 Gy in 5 fx with an open field pre-linac era. This is not ...