Explore how radiotherapy can be used to treat keloid scarring in this presentation by Dr. Richard Shaffer. https://vimeo.com/718026742
Using Superficial X-Rays to Treat Keloid Scarring
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Keloid Scars
Treatable Conditions: Clinical Systems
Clinicians use Xstrahl equipment to treat a variety of conditions Including non-melanoma skin cancer, and other benign and palliative applications.
Using Low Dose Radiation Therapy for Keloid Treatment
Keloid scarring is a common benign skin condition that results from skin incision or injury. While keloids generally do not pose health concerns, some may be unsightly, tender, itchy, uncomfortable, or require removal. At this time, there is no standard of care for...
Xstrahl in action: Optimizing Radiotherapy for Keloids
Xstrahl’s radiotherapy systems can be used to treat benign skin disorders, such as keloids, which usually demonstrate a high recurrence rate. To date, there has been no single, standardized modality agreed upon to produce the best results in the treatment of these...
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...
Optimizing Radiotherapy for Keloids: A Meta-Analysis Systematic Review Comparing Recurrence Rates Between Different Radiation Modalities.
BACKGROUND: The high recurrence rate of keloids has lead to the use of multiple treatment adjuncts to improve cosmetic outcomes after surgery. To date, there has been no single, standardized modality agreed upon to produce the best results. The purpose of this study...
Radiotherapy for benign disease; assessing the risk of radiation-induced cancer following exposure to intermediate dose radiation
Most radiotherapy (RT) involves the use of high doses (>50 Gy) to treat malignant disease. However, low to intermediate doses (approximately 3–50 Gy) can provide effective control of a number of benign conditions, ranging from inflammatory/proliferative disorders...
A radiobiological analysis of multicenter data for postoperative keloid radiotherapy
PURPOSE: To identify factors significantly affecting recurrence rates after postoperative external beam radiotherapy (XRT) of keloids, and to delineate any radiation dose response and effects of radiation dose per fraction. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A comprehensive...
Is radiation therapy for keloids acceptable? The risk of radiation-induced carcinogenesis.
BACKGROUND: Keloids have been treated by using radiation for over a century, and it is currently suggested that keloids are best treated by a combination of surgery and postoperative radiation therapy, although randomized controlled trials testing this are still...
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