The first edition of Radiation Therapy of Benign Diseases - A Clinical Guide by S.E. Order and S.S. Donaldson grew out of a project supported by the National Academy of Sciences. It represented a unique and significant contribution to the utilization of radiation therapy techniques in the management of benign diseases. It remains a valid observation that low-dose radiation therapy can have significant beneficial effects in the management of benign diseases. The second edition has been expanded and identifies broader major applications for radiation therapy techniques in this very controversial area. It significantly augments the first edition by inclusion of the use of radiotherapy for newer benign diseases, including macu lar degeneration, vascular restenosis, and other conditions. The authors have succeeded in documenting the current diverse roles of radiati on therapy in the treatment of benign diseases. This volume represents a significant and important contribution to our armamentarium for the treatment of these diseases.

Prologue

Acknowledgements
Standard of Care
Preface, Guidelines
Abortion
Acne
Acoustic Neuroma, Neurilemmoma, Schwannoma
Acromegaly
Adamantinoma (Ameloblastoma)
Adenomas of the Parotid (Salivary Gland Adenomas)
Amyloidosis
Aneuploidy in Benign Tumors and Conditions
Aneurysmal Bone Cysts
Angiofibroma of the Nasopharynx, Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Anovulation
Arterial Stenosis and Restenosis
Arteriovenous Malformations
Arthritis
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Arthritis Reviews
Astrocytoma (Grade I, II)
Benign Prostate Hypertrophy
Bowen's Disease
Bronchial Adenomas
Bursitis, Synovitis and Tendinitis
Carbuncles and Furuncles
Carcinoid
Chemodectomas (Non-Chromaffin Paragangliomas, Glomus Jugulare, Carotid Body Tumors)
Chordoma
Choroid Plexus Papilloma
Collagen Vascular Disorders
Complications of Treatment in Pituitary Tumors
Craniopharyngioma
Cushing's Disease/Cushing's Syndrome/Nelson's Syndrome
Cystic Hygroma, Lymphangioma
Dermatosis
Desmoid-Aggressive Fibromatosis
Dupuytren's Contracture
Epithelial Hemangioendothelioma
Erythroplasia of Queyrat
Extramammary Paget's Disease
Extramedullary Hematopoiesis
Fibrosclerosis, Sclerosing Cervicitis, Retroperitonitis, Mediastinitis, Cholangitis, Riedel's Thyroiditis
Fungal Infections
Gas Gangrene
Giant Cell Tumor (Osteoclastoma)
Gorham's Massive Osteolysis (Spontaneous Absorption of Bone, Phantom Bone)
Graves' Ophthalmopathy - or - Hyperthyroid Ophthalmopathy
Gynecomastia (Prostate Cancer Managed with DES)
Hemangioma
Hemophiliac Arthropathy
Herpes Zoster
Heterotopic Bone Formation
Histiocytosis - Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis
Hypersalivation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.-Hypersplenism
Hyperthyroidism
Immunosuppression, Lupus Nephritis, Multiple Sclerosis, and Organ Transplantation
Infectious Disorders (Bacterial, Parasiting, Other)
Inflammatory Conditions Arachnoiditis, Tendinitis, Sinusitis, Thyroiditis (Riedel's & Hashimoto's)
Inverted Papilloma
Keloid
Lethal Midline Granuloma - Wegener's Granulomatosis, Polymorphic Reticulosis, Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis, Steward's Disease
Lymphoepithelial Parotid Cysts
Lymphoid Granuloma, Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis
Lymphoid Hyperplasia - Pseudotumor of the Orbit, Castleman's Disease
Macular Degeneration
Meningioma
Mikulicz Syndrome
Myasthenia Gravis and Thymus Gland Abnormalities
Neurofibroma
Ocular Trichiasis
Optic Nerve Glioma, Moyamoya Syndrome
Osteoblastoma/Osteoid Osteoma
Otitis Media
Pancreatic Fistula and Ascites
Pancreatitis
Paraganglioma (Chromaffin Positive)
Parotitis
Peptic Ulcer
Perifolliculitis Capitis Abscedens et Suffodiens
Peyronie's Disease
Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
Pinealoma
Pituitary Adenomas, Cushings Disease, Acromegaly
Plantar Fibromatosis
Plasma Cell Granuloma
Plasmacytoma (Solitary)
Pregnancy
Pterygium
Pyogenic Granuloma
Radiation Port Dermatophytosis
Sarcoidosis
Sequelae of Radiation Therapy
Skin Disorders
Synovectomy hemophilia, Baker's Cyst
Thalassemic Arthropathy
Thalassemic Extramedullary Hematopoiesis with Spinal Cord Compression and Arthropathy
Therapeutic Castration
Thymus
Tinea
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
Tonsillitis
Tuberculosis
Warts
Xanthoma, Xanthogranuloma.