Three-arm randomized phase III trial: Quality aloe and placebo cream versus powder as skin treatment during breast cancer radiation therapy

Clinical Breast Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 181-190.e4

  Hoopfer, Donna ^a   Holloway, Caroline ^b   Gabos, Zsolt ^c   Alidrisi, Maha ^c   Chafe, Susan ^c   Krause, Barbara ^c   Lees, Alan ^c   Mehta, Nirmal ^c   Tankel, Keith ^c   Strickland, Faith ^d,e   Hanson, John ^c   King, Charlotte ^c   Ghosh, Sunita ^c   Severin, Diane ^c  

^a KADA Consulting   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Catterall skin scoring profile; Prevention; Radiotherapy; Skin reactions

Indexed keywords

ALOE BARBADENSIS EXTRACT; PLACEBO; STARCH; TOPICAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; POWDER; SKIN CREAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRY POWDER; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN CARE; SKIN PRURITUS; SKIN TOXICITY; SKIN ULCER; TOPICAL TREATMENT; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ALOE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; POWDER; RADIODERMATITIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ALOE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POWDERS; RADIODERMATITIS; SKIN CREAM;

EID: 84929264871     PISSN: 15268209     EISSN: 19380666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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