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Radiation therapy
In 2010, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued guidance about the use of radiation therapy to treat Dupuytren’s contracture. Radiation therapy aims to prevent or delay the need for surgery.
During radiation therapy, over several days, controlled doses of high-energy radiation (usually X-rays) are aimed at the nodules and cords that have formed in your hand. If your symptoms are severe, you may need to return at a later date for further radiation treatment.
It is not known exactly how radiation therapy works, but it is thought that the radiation affects the development and growth rate of fibroblasts in your hand. Fibroblasts are cells that produce and release collagen (the protein that forms the main part of the body’s connective tissue).
In one of the studies reviewed by NICE, after one year, the symptoms of Dupuytren’s contracture had improved in over half of the hands that were treated. In another long-term study, two-thirds of people had some degree of symptom relief after 13 years.
Possible side effects of radiation therapy include:
dry skin
skin flaking off
slight thinning of the skin