VERO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Radiation treatment, a tool long associated almost exclusively with cancer care, is now being utilized to treat one of the most common chronic conditions in America: osteoarthritis.
At the Scully-Welsh Cancer Center in Vero Beach, medical professionals are repurposing state-of-the-art linear accelerators to help patients manage joint pain when standard drugs and medications fail to provide relief.
Although this application of radiation is currently available at only a few centers across the country, local experts emphasize that rigorous clinical data support the practice…