Prevention of cutaneous damages induced by radiotherapy in breast cancer: An institutional experience

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Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 732-736

  Ravo, Vincenzo ^a   Calvanese, Maria Grazia ^b   Di Franco, Rossella ^b   Crisci, Vincenzina ^b   Murino, Paola ^a   Manzo, Roberto ^a   Morra, Anna ^c   Cammarota, Fabrizio ^a   Muto, Paolo ^d  

^a UOC Radioterapia PO Ascalesi   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento Radiologia e Radioterapia Seconda Università di Napoli   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cutaneous damage; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTHRACYCLINE; BETA GLUCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; IXODERM; NATURAL TRIGLYCERIDE FITOSTEROL POLYETHYLENEGLYCOL; NEOVIDERM; OMEGA 3,6,9; QUINOVIT; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VEA LIPOEL; VITIS VINIFERA EXTRACT; XDERIT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST PROSTHESIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SKIN TOXICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BETA-GLUCANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN E; VITIS;

EID: 84856912034     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1700/1018.11089     Document Type: Article

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