Radiotherapy and UV-Therapies
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So-called physical therapies play an important
therapeutic role. We treat various skin diseases with light or surface radiation
therapy – often supplemented by medication therapy or skin care programs.
Applications in the following illnesses:
Light therapy
- Light sensitive disorders
- Inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis, neurodermatitis, eczemas
- Vitiligo (white spot disease)
- Certain types of skin cancer such as actinic keratosis or basal cell carcinoma
Radio (surface) therapy
For skin cancer, when operative removal of the tumor
is not possible or very difficult. This applies in the following cases:
- Surgically difficult to access areas, such as the medial canthus of the eye in older patients where surgical anesthesia would be problematic
- In severe types of skin cancer, in combination with a global treatment approach and appropriate medicinal therapy
For other special indications such as lentigo maligna
and Kaposi’s sarcoma;
Keloids

Treatments
Light therapy
Our department has an extensive selection of light
therapy devices, which is continually updated based on new technological
developments. We offer light radiation treatment with:
- Ultraviolet light wave length A (UVA)
- Hand and foot devices UVA & UVB 311nm
- Narrow spectrum UVB (311 nm)
Radio (surface) therapy
In our in-house department for radiation
therapy, the most advanced instruments are available with a highly trained MTRA
(Medical technological radiology assistant). For each patient there is
thoughtful daily interchange with the corresponding medical team.