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Title: Radiotherapy for benign diseases in Turkey: a patterns of care survey of the Turkish Society for Radiation Oncology (TROD 05-002)
Authors: Yıldırım, H.C.
Dinçbaş, F.Ö.
Demircan, V.
Beyzadeoğlu, M.
Tekçe, E.
Yazıcı, G.
Turna, M.
Çetinayak, Oğuz
Ensarioğlu Baktır, Kudret
Akın, Mustafa
Canyılmaz, Emine
Altınok, Ayse
Delikgöz Soykut, Ela
Akmansu, Müge
Tuğrul, Fuzuli
Ünverdi, Seda
Benli Yavuz, Berrin
Kamer, Serra
Düzova, Mürsel
Duru Birgi, Sumerya
Özkan, Emine Elif
Yalçın, Berrin
Şahin, Merve
Etiz, Durmuş
Arslantaş, Hasan Suat
Meydan, Deniz
İğdem, Şefik
Sağınç, Halil
Parvizi, Murtaza
Altınok, Pelin
Anacak, Yavuz
Keywords: Benign diseases
Hyperproliferative diseases
Plantar fasciitis
Radiation therapy
Survey
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Abstract: Purpose: We aimed to investigate the patterns of radiotherapy (RT) care in cases of benign diseases in Turkey. Methods: A questionnaire survey was sent to all radiation oncology (RO) departments in Turkey. The number of patients treated for benign disease between 2015 and 2020 was requested. A list of benign conditions was given, and information on the number of patients per disease, single and total doses prescribed, weekly fractions, radiation type, energy, and device was requested. Results: Of the 138 RO departments, 29 (21%) responded. The data received concerned 15 (52%) university, 10 (34%) public, and four (14%) private hospitals. A total of 130,846 patients were treated with RT in these departments. Of these patients, 6346 (4.85%) were treated for benign conditions. The most common benign diseases treated with RT were meningioma (35%), plantar fasciitis (19%), schwannoma (16%), arteriovenous malformation (11%), and pituitary adenoma (7%). Most centers performed RT for paraganglioma, heterotopic ossification, vertebral hemangioma, and Graves’ ophthalmopathy, but none treated arthrosis. Wide variations were observed across the departments. Radiosurgery for intracranial pathologies was performed intensively in four centers. By contrast, RT for plantar fasciitis was predominantly treated in five centers, one of which had more than 1000 patients. Conclusion: The ratio of patients who underwent RT for benign diseases in Turkey among all patients who underwent RT was 4.85%. The common pattern of RT in 72% of patients was radiosurgery for intracranial benign diseases, followed by low-dose RT for plantar fasciitis in 19%. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-023-02154-x
https://hdl.handle.net/11499/54862
ISSN: 0179-7158
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