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05.10.2023 | Original Article
Radiotherapy for benign diseases in Turkey: a patterns of care survey of the Turkish Society for Radiation Oncology (TROD 05-002)
verfasst von:
Halil Cumhur Yıldırım, M.D, Fazilet Öner Dinçbaş, Volkan Demircan, Murat Beyzadeoğlu, Ertuğrul Tekçe, Gözde Yazıcı, Menekşe Turna, Oğuz Çetinayak, Kudret Ensarioğlu Baktır, Mustafa Akın, Emine Canyılmaz, Ayse Altınok, Ela Delikgöz Soykut, Müge Akmansu, Fuzuli Tuğrul, Seda Ünverdi, Berrin Benli Yavuz, Serra Kamer, Mürsel Düzova, Sumerya Duru Birgi, Emine Elif Özkan, Berrin Yalçın, Merve Şahin, Durmuş Etiz, Hasan Suat Arslantaş, Deniz Meydan, Şefik İğdem, Halil Sağınç, Murtaza Parvizi, Pelin Altınok, Yavuz Anacak
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Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
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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%.