biostudies-literatureUnknown8Keller S<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate the efficacy of low-dose radiotherapy in painful gonarthritis.<h4>Methods</h4>We assessed the medical records of 1037 patients with painful gonarthritis who had undergone low-dose radiotherapy between 1981 and 2008. The subjective patient perception of the response to irradiation as graded immediately or up to two months after the completion of a radiotherapy series was evaluated and correlated with age, gender, radiological grading and the duration of symptoms before radiotherapy. Moreover, we performed a mail survey to obtain additional long-term follow-up information and received one hundred and six evaluable questionnaires.<h4>Results</h4>We assessed 1659 series of radiotherapy in 1037 patients. In 79.3% of the cases the patients experienced a slight, markedRadiation oncology (London, England)29https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3582586biostudies-literatureEfficacy of low-dose radiotherapy in painful gonarthritis: experiences from a retrospective East German bicenter study.PMC3582586Keller SMuller KKortmann RDMicke OWolf UFlemming GBaaske DLiebmann AHildebrandt GfalseEfficacy of low-dose radiotherapy in painful gonarthritis: experiences from a retrospective East German bicenter study.<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate the efficacy of low-dose radiotherapy in painful gonarthritis.<h4>Methods</h4>We assessed the medical records of 1037 patients with painful gonarthritis who had undergone low-dose radiotherapy between 1981 and 2008. The subjective patient perception of the response to irradiation as graded immediately or up to two months after the completion of a radiotherapy series was evaluated and correlated with age, gender, radiological grading and the duration of symptoms before radiotherapy. Moreover, we performed a mail survey to obtain additional long-term follow-up information and received one hundred and six evaluable questionnaires.<h4>Results</h4>We assessed 1659 series of radiotherapy in 1037 patients. In 79.3% of the cases the patients experienced a slight, marked2013-01-01T00:00:00Z2013 Jan2025-04-26T10:28:17.663Z2019-03-27T01:05:18ZS-EPMC35825862336928210.1186/1748-717X-8-29