Cutaneous side effects of oncology treatments Part II. Radiation therapy
Journal Title: Український журнал дерматології, венерології, косметології - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 4
Abstract
Besides chemotherapy, radiation therapy (RT) is another modality of treatment for malignant tumours. In the same manner as chemotherapy, RT is susceptible of inducing cutaneous side effects to the treated patients. Their severity will widely vary according to various factors related to the treatment, such as total dose, fractionation or not of the same and individual sensitivity of the patients. These side effects may be acute, occurring immediately after RT, or consequentiallate, occurring after some time of RT, even after cessation of the procedure, or chronic and in this case may last many years and even all over the life. The most frequent acute adverse events with RT are acute radiation dermatitis, radiation burns and radiation recall. The most common consequentiallate event is radiation-induced fibrosis, and among chronic side effects chronic radiation dermatitis is the most often observed. Besides preventive measures whose efficacy is limited, management and treatment are compulsory and must be well-known by the dermatologists. These treatments will vary according to the nature of the side effect encountered, but also in function of its severity. This review is aimed to provide a better knowledge of the cutaneous adverse reactions in RT and help more adequately the affected patients who will seek help from their practitioner.
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C. Diehl
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