Basics of Radiation Biology When Treating Hyperproliferative Benign Diseases

Basics of Radiation Biology When Treating Hyperproliferative Benign Diseases

For decades, low- and moderate-dose radiation therapy (RT) has been shown to exert a beneficial therapeutic effect in a multitude of non-malignant conditions including painful degenerative muscoloskeletal and hyperproliferative disorders. Dupuytren and Ledderhose diseases are benign fibroproliferati...

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Main Authors: Franz Rödel, Claudia Fournier, Julia Wiedemann, Felicitas Merz, Udo S. Gaipl, Benjamin Frey, Ludwig Keilholz, M. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt, Claus Rödel, Stephanie Hehlgans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
low-dose radiation therapy
hyperproliferative diseases
fibroblasts/myofibroblast
cytokines
antiproliferative effect
anti-inflammatory effect
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00519/full

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