Do inflammatory processes contribute to radiation induced erythema observed in the skin of humans?

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-82

  Simonen, Paivi ^a   Hamilton, Chris ^b   Ferguson, Sandra ^b   Ostwald, Patricia ^b   O'Brien, Maree ^b   O'Brien, Peter ^b   Back, Michael ^b   Denham, Jim ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fractionation effects; Human skin; Hydrocortisone effects; Indomethacin effects; Inflammatory mediators; Laser Doppler LQ formula; Radiation induced erythema; Reflectance spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INDOMETACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; REFLECTOMETRY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIODERMATITIS; SKIN;

EID: 0031905228     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00115-1     Document Type: Article

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