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Does radiation offer a benefit for knuckle pads due to Dupuytren's?
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Radiation Oncology · The Oregon Clinic-Radiation Oncology West
Knuckle pads have similar histology to Dupuytren's and may be called dorsal Dupuytren's nodules or Garrod's disease (PMID:31184950). Radiotherapy is effective for early-stage Dupuytren's and 10 patients with Garrod's disease were irradiated in the large German radiotherapy study, but results for tha...