In select cases, radiation can be used to treat patients who do not have cancerous conditions but are experiencing adverse affects of benign tumors that are growing close to organs or other functional parts of the body.  Because radiation has a reducing effect on cells that grow rapidly, treatments can be developed in a similar manner as for cancerous tumors to control their growth.  Benign tumors can cause dysfunction or pain if they continue to grow, which can affect nerves and tissues nearby.

Treatable Conditions:

• Trigeminal neuralgia
  
• Brain tumors which do not have  malignant features (acoustic neuroma, meningioma, pituitary adenoma)
  
• Prevention or treatment of keloids
  
• Prevention or treatment of heterotopic ossification in joints and soft tissues
  
• Hyperthyroidism
  
• Euthyroid goiter
  
• Graves’ ophthalmopathy
  
• Pterygium
  
• Arteriovenous malformations
  
• Skin conditions such as keratoacanthomas and hemangiomas
  
• Peyronie’s disease
  
• Prevention or treatment of breast enlargement (men treated for advanced prostate cancer)
  
• Spleen enlargement due to leukemia and/or lymphoma