Skin Reaction in Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

Introduction The first medical intervention for many breast cancer patients is breast conserving surgery (BCS) and/or modified radical mastectomy (MRM). Most of these patients undergo radiation therapy, following surgery. The most common side-effect of breast radiotherapy is skin damage. In the pres...

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Main Authors: Bagher Farhood, Seyed Rabie Mahdavi, Mohammad Hasan Emranpour, Kamal Mohammadi Asl, Navid Nekoui, Courtney Knaup
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2014-11-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Physics
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Online Access:http://ijmp.mums.ac.ir/article_3568_87ce7e79549d61eb0eb0515cd94739d7.pdf