Indication

The T-300, T-200 and T-160 radiotherapy systems are suitable for treating the non-malignant diseases listed below. The T-105 unit is specially designed for soft x-ray treatment. The table below shows which devices are suitable for treating which indications:

 

30...70 kV

10...100 kV

15...150 kV

20...200 kV

30...300 kV

Indication

ioRT-50

T-105

T-160

T-200

T-300

01.01. Painful degenerative inflammatory benign diseases

 

Periarthritis humeroscapularis – painful shoulder syndrome (shoulder joint, shoulder-arm syndrome) PHS

x

x

x

Epicondylitis humeri (elbow joint, tennis elbow)

x

x

x

Tendinitis, painful inflammation

x

x

x

Arthrosis deformans – osteoarthrosis (shoulder joint),coxarthrosis (hip joint), gonarthrosis (knee joint)

x

x

x

Degenerative diseases of the spine, chondrosis (narrowing of the intervertebral space), spondylosis deformans, osteochondrosis, spondylarthrosis

x

x

x

Achillodynia (heel spur)

x

x

x

Myositis ossificans (muscle tissue inflammation)

x

x

x

Herpes zoster (shingles, chronic pain)

x

x

x

01.02. Dermatological non-malignant diseases

Psoriasis (refractory or unresponsive)

x

x

x

x

x

Itchy dermatoses, chronic eczema, psoriasis, benign growths
(haemangioma)

x

x

x

x

x

01.03. Acute inflammations (Inflammatory irradiation)

Axillary hidradenitis (acute, chronic abscesses of the sweat glands)

x

x

x

x

Furuncles in the face

x

x

x

x

x

01.04. Hypertrophic processes

Keloid scars (small, no older than 6 months)

x

x

x

x

Prevention of keloid recurrence (immediately post-operative)

x

x

x

x

Plantar fibromatosis (hardening of the sole of the foot)

x

x

x

Dupuytren’s contracture (at an early stage)

x

x

x

Peyronie’s disease (induratio penis plastica, hardening of the penis)

x

x

x

Prevention of gynaecomastia (before the start of hormone therapy for prostate carcinoma)

x

x

x

Heterotopic ossification (hip joint)

x

x

Haemangioma of the skin

x

x

x

x

x

Prevention of pterygium (fleshy tissue) of the conjunctiva (prophylaxis following surgical removal)

x

x

x

x

x

01.05. Curative irradiation treatment

Basalioma and spinalioma, (“light skin cancer”)

x

x

x

x

x

Precancerous skin conditions (Bowen’s disease, erythroplasia, Paget’s disease)

x

x

x

x

Basal cell carcinoma (basalioma), cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, spinocellular carcinoma, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (Mycosis fungoides), cutaneous B-cell lymphoma, Merkel cell carcinoma (neuroendocrine or trabecular carcinoma), lentigo melanoma (and palliative treatment of cutaneous metastases of malignant melanoma), Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS)

x

x

x

x

x

01.05. Palliative treatment options

Skin and soft tissue metastases

x

x

Superficial local recurrences (e.g. of breast cancer)

x

Painful bone metastases of all organ tumours, at the extremities

x

 

 

 
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