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Is it appropriate to offer low dose radiation for Hidradenitis Suppurativa that have failed conservative interventions?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

We are currently writing about our experience with high dose electron therapy for HS. Low dose therapy was not giving us the results we wanted. The dose needs to be high enough to destroy the sebaceous glands where the chronic infection resides. Our initial treatment is 3 Gy fractions 3 times per we...

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