Michael Heinrich Seegenschmiedt Hans-Bruno Makoski Klaus-R Diger Trott
Non-malignant, or "benign," diseases can be successfully treated using ionizing rad- tion technologies. It was first proposed in 1898 by Sokoloff, who reported the analgesic effects of radiotherapy for painful rheumatoid arthritis. Since then, the use of these techniques for painful muscle-skeletal diseases has gained acceptance particularly in Europe but is still carried out actively in the United States. Non-malignant diseases that are amenable to radiotherapy can be classified as inflammatory, degenerative, hype- roliferative, functional, or other disorders. However, the topographic and...
Non-malignant, or "benign," diseases can be successfully treated using ionizing rad- tion technologies. It was first proposed in 1898 by Sokoloff, who...