This unrivalled and comprehensive volume discusses the general background and various clinical applications of radiation therapy in the treatment of non-malignant diseases. It documents the radiobiological and physical principles of treatment and the rationale underlying the use of radiotherapy for various disorders of the CNS. In so doing, it draws attention to and elucidates the scope for application of radiotherapy beyond the treatment of malignancies. Both the risks and the benefits of such treatment are fully considered. With the assistance of many tables and figures, the extensive data from clinical studies are presented in a well-structured and informative way. Since it offers an interdisciplinary perspective, it will be of interest to radiotherapists and many other practitioners and medical specialists, e.g. orthopedists, surgeons, and ophthalmologists.

General Background.- Radiobiological Principles.- Side Effects and Long-Term Risks from Radiotherapy of Non-malignant Diseases.- Risk Assessment and Carcinogenesis Modelling.- Radiophysical Principles.- Clinical Principles.- Irradiation of Non-malignant Diseases: An International Survey.- Patterns-of-Care Study for Non-malignant Diseases in Germany.- Skin and Soft Tissue Disorders.- Non-malignant Skin Disorders: Tumors, Hyperplasia, Dermatoses.- Morbus Dupuytren/Morbus Ledderhose.- Pronies Disease.- Keloids and Hypertrophie Scars.- Aggressive Fibromatosis/Desmoid Tumors.- Bone and Joint Disorders.- Orthopaedic Examination, Tests and Clinical Scores.- Rotator Cuff Syndrome (RCS).- Humeral Epicondylopathia (HEP), Lateral and Medial Humeral Epicondylitis.- Calcaneodynia: Plantar and Dorsal Heel Spur/Heel Spur Syndrome.- Degenerative Joint Disease Activated Osteoarthrosis Deformans: Hip, Knee, Shoulder and Other Joints.- Heterotopic Ossifications: General Survey for All Sites.- Heterotopic Ossification Prophylaxis - The Hip.- Heterotopic Ossifications after Head and Spinal Cord Injuries (HSCI).- Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS).- Langerhans? Cell Histiocytosis (LCH).- Vertebral Hemangioma (VH).- Aneurysmal Bone Cyst (ABC).- Vascular Disorders.- Giant Hemangioma/Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome.- Eye Disorders.- Graves Orbitopathy.- Pseudotumor Orbitae.- Pterygium.- Hemangiomas and Vascular Tumors of the Eye.- Local and Systemic Inflammatory Disorders.- Inflammatory Disorders: Furunculitis, Hidradenitis, Panaritium and Paronychia.- Lymphocutaneous Fistulas and Lymphoceles.- Local Rheumatoid Arthritis and Radiation Synovectomy.- Head and Neck.- Non-Malignant Disorders of the Head Region.- CNS and Brain.- Arterio-Venous Malformations.- Meningioma.- Vestibular Schwannoma (Acoustic Neuroma).- Pituitary Adenoma.- Trigeminal Neuralgia.- Radiosurgical Treatment Options for Epileptic Disorders.- Where There is No Evidence: Registry for Rare Benign Diseases.