Cytokines, Fatigue, and Cutaneous Erythema in Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Adjuvant Radiation Therapy

Cytokines, Fatigue, and Cutaneous Erythema in Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Adjuvant Radiation Therapy

We investigated the hypothesis that patients developing high-grade erythema of the breast skin during radiation treatment could be more likely to present increased levels of proinflammatory cytokines which may lead, in turn, to associated fatigue. Forty women with early stage breast cancer who recei...

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Main Authors: Vitaliana De Sanctis, Linda Agolli, Vincenzo Visco, Flavia Monaco, Roberta Muni, Alessandra Spagnoli, Barbara Campanella, Maurizio Valeriani, Giuseppe Minniti, Mattia F. Osti, Claudio Amanti, Patrizia Pellegrini, Serena Brunetti, Anna Costantini, Marco Alfò, Maria Rosaria Torrisi, Paolo Marchetti, Riccardo Maurizi Enrici
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/523568

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