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R/T Side Effects - Making the condition worse?
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09/13/2013 18:24
Lowell 
09/13/2013 18:24
Lowell 
R/T Side Effects - Making the condition worse?

Is there any documentation or study, or feedback, indicating Dupytren's getting worse (more nodules, more cords, or more pain, etc), and/or it getting more active, etc, after undergoing R/T Treatments using the German Protocal (5days of radiation--3grays each day, wait a few weeks, then 5days of rays again)

or, is it completely safe in this regard? I.E. It might help, it might not help, but it will categorically not make it worse!

09/13/2013 18:27
callie 
09/13/2013 18:27
callie 
Re: R/T Side Effects - Making the condition worse?

RT does not work for everyone. It is very difficult to believe that RT would stimulate growth.

09/14/2013 02:29
JohnG 
09/14/2013 02:29
JohnG 
Re: R/T Side Effects - Making the condition worse?

The long-term clinical trials in Germany show that indeed some patients do experience progression after RT, but they are fewer in number compared to the patients that experienced progression in the control groups that did not get RT.

If you're a good candidate for RT, it will improve your odds, but they will still be odds, not certainties.

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