Treasure Coast hospital targets arthritis pain with low-dose radiation cancer treatment

Описание: Radiation treatment, a tool long associated almost exclusively with cancer care, is now being utilized to treat one of the most common chronic conditions in America: osteoarthritis.

At the Scully-Welsh Cancer Center in Vero Beach, medical professionals are repurposing state-of-the-art linear accelerators to help patients manage joint pain when standard drugs and medications fail to provide relief.

Although this application of radiation is currently available at only a few centers across the country, local experts emphasize that rigorous clinical data support the practice.

“The level of research in the United States having been more established now. The number of studies, the follow-up, the variations of all the variables have been looked at tightly and closely, and it's been used at some big centers. So now it's kind of becoming more accepted as far as an option for patients,” explained oncologist Dr. Marc Apple.

The process of treating arthritis differs significantly from traditional oncology. Because the goal is to reduce inflammation rather than destroy a tumor, the dosage is much lower—roughly five to six times smaller than what a cancer patient would receive.

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