Dermatology

General Radiation Oncology

Questions discussed in this category

Can patients receive adjuvant radiation therapy after keloid excision without primary closure, or would radiation impede healing by secondary intention?

4 Answers available

What is your approach to management of radiation-induced bullous pemphigoid?

1 Answer available

What methods do you use to prophylactically reduce radiation dermatitis for head and neck irradiation?

4 Answers available

Why is it recommended that patients not apply moisturizer in the radiation field immediately prior to daily treatment?

Is there any evidence to support the theory that this may cause worse skin reaction?

1 Answer available

Does irradiation of a patient with pyoderma gangrenosum carry risk of morbidity similar to necrosis caused by minor surgery?

1 Answer available

How would you manage a high risk SCC of the scalp that has wound healing issues after Mohs surgery?

Would you offer RT? If so, shat dose fractionation do you recommend?

2 Answers available

Papers discussed in this category

The British journal of dermatology, 2019-02

Local recurrence and quality of life after adjuvant radiation therapy in high-risk squamous cell carcinoma.

Medicine (Baltimore), 2019 Dec

Randomized, self-controlled, prospective assessment of the efficacy of mometasone furoate local application in reducing acute radiation dermatitis in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.

J Clin Invest, 2013 Nov 15

Topical hypochlorite ameliorates NF-κB-mediated skin diseases in mice.

JAMA oncology, 2018-12-01

Assessing the Validity of Clinician Advice That Patients Avoid Use of Topical Agents Before Daily Radiotherapy Treatments.

JAMA oncology, 2018-12-01

Avoiding Topical Agents Before Daily Radiotherapy: Debunking Dogma.

J Radiat Res, 2018 Nov 01

Effect of metal-containing topical agents on surface doses received during external irradiation.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2011-03-15

A radiobiological analysis of multicenter data for postoperative keloid radiotherapy.

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al], 2021 Jan 04

A hesitated approach: primary radiotherapy for keloids-a case series.

American journal of clinical dermatology, 2020 Aug

Dermatologic Sequelae Associated with Radiation Therapy.

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