Prophylactic and therapeutic management of acute radiation related morbidity — Results of a German multicenter questionnaire

Moist Skin Care Can Diminish Acute Radiation-Induced Skin Toxicity

“…The underlying mechanism is possibly related to its water-binding capacity and should be further studied. Although most radiotherapy centers prefer dry skin care [23] and report good results with this treatment, it still seems possible to optimize skin care programs for radiotherapy patients.…”

“…Skin care during radiotherapy has widely been studied [4, 5, 7, 9, 11-16, 18-21, 24]. Dry skin care is, so far, most often applied, because it is easy to handle [23]. Nevertheless, according to experimental and clinical data published recently, moist skin care may diminish radiation-induced skin toxicity [10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

Treatment of Acute Radiodermatitis with an Oil-in-Water Emulsion Following Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

“…The ONS Radiation Skin Reaction scoring, involving erythema and desquamation, is widely accepted as the standard in the evaluation of skin reactions after radiation [38,39]. At study visit 1 before the initiation of treatment, the ONS radiation skin scores were similarly distributed in both the treatment group and the control group ( Figure 1).…”

Thêta-Cream® versus Bepanthol® Lotion in Breast Cancer Patients under Radiotherapy

“…According to surveys in Germany [38] and the United Kingdom [14], there is no consensus about best supportive skin care, as at least 15 different agents were in use for prophylactic and more than 50 for therapeutic purposes. Evidencebased data is still sparse.…”

“…Evidencebased data is still sparse. After having forbidden to wash the irradiated skin for many decades, attitude has changed recently [37], when skin washing was found to be of no harm [34] or even favorable in randomized studies [5,26]. Clinics adopting a moist skin care reported a high patient acceptance and improved radiation tolerance [30].…”