A randomized, prospective study using the LPG® technique in treating radiation-induced skin fibrosis: Clinical and profilometric analysis

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-76

  Bourgeois, J F ^a   Gourgou, S ^a   Kramar, A ^a   Lagarde, J M ^b   Guillot, B ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE PIERRE FABRE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

Mechanical massage; Profilometric analysis; Radiodermatitis

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; PROFILOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

MECHANICAL MASSAGE; PROFILOMETRIC ANALYSIS; RADIODERMATITIS; SKIN FIBROSIS;

SKIN;

SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASSAGE; POLYMERIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN PAIN; SKIN PRURITUS; SKIN TIGHTNESS; THERAPY EFFECT; WRINKLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS; RADIODERMATITIS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349168155     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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