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Is there a risk of increased skin toxicity with combined radiation and doxycycline?

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No reports that I am aware of. Tetracyclines have an absorption wavelength of ~300-350 nm and can be pushed into an excited energy state by primarily UVA (320-400 nm) waves. Relaxation back to base state leads to chemical reactions that generate photoproducts that serve as antigens in a cutaneous al...

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