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Objective Evaluation of Risk Factors for Radiation Dermatitis in Whole-Breast Irradiation Using the Spectrophotometric L*a*b Color-Space

  • Alexander M. C. Böhner,
  • David Koch,
  • Frederic Carsten Schmeel,
  • Fred Röhner,
  • Felix Schoroth,
  • Gustavo R. Sarria,
  • Alina-Valik Abramian,
  • Brigitta Gertrud Baumert,
  • Frank Anton Giordano and
  • Leonard Christopher Schmeel
Cancers2020, 12(9), 2444;https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12092444

28 August 2020

Background: Radiation-induced dermatitis (RID) is frequent in breast cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT). Spectrophotometry (SP) is an objective and reliable tool for assessing RID severity. Despite intensive research efforts during the past...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life)
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Hydrofilm Polyurethane Films Reduce Radiation Dermatitis Severity in Hypofractionated Whole-Breast Irradiation: An Objective, Intra-Patient Randomized Dual-Center Assessment

  • Leonard Christopher Schmeel,
  • David Koch,
  • Frederic Carsten Schmeel,
  • Bettina Bücheler,
  • Christina Leitzen,
  • Birgit Mahlmann,
  • Dorothea Kunze,
  • Martina Heimann,
  • Dilini Brüser and
  • Timo Martin Wilhelm-Buchstab
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Polymers2019, 11(12), 2112;https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11122112

16 December 2019

Radiation-induced skin injury represents the most frequent side effect in breast cancer patients undergoing whole-breast irradiation (WBI). Numerous clinical studies on systemic and topical treatments for radiation dermatitis have failed to provide s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Functional Polyurethanes)
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