Interest of Supportive and Barrier Protective Skin Care Products in the Daily Prevention and Treatment of Cutaneous Toxicity During Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

Purpose: As many as 50% of patients with cancer develop acute skin reactions to some degree with radiotherapy. Proactive skin care is often recommended to minimise these skin reactions and maintain the integrity of the epidermal barrier; nevertheless, no consensual guidelines are systematically used...

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Main Authors: Antoine Berger, Carlos Regueiro, Tarek Hijal, David Pasquier, Cristina De La Fuente, Florence Le Tinier, Bernard Coche-Dequeant, Eric Lartigau, Dominique Moyal, Sophie Seité, René-Jean Bensadoun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1178223417752772