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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Skin reactions"”.
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Prevention of Radiation-Induced Skin Reactions in Breast Cancer External Irradiation
… the effectiveness of applying an aloe vera based skin gel to the target area skin in preventing the development of radiation dermatitis to postlumpectomy/ mastectomy patients receiving external beam radiation therapy in an ambulatory radiation-oncology clinic in the southeastern region of the …
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Predicting the severity of radiation skin reactions in women with breast cancer
Skin reactions are unavoidable side effects of radiotherapy for breast cancer that may limit the amount of treatment a patient is able to receive. As well, the discomfort associated with the treatment may negatively affect the patient's quality of life and their willingness to complete a course of …
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Advanced breast cancer: A retrospective review comparing two palliative radiotherapy protocols used at Groote Schuur Hospital between 2010 and 2013
… Methods: Compliance to treatment, acute skin reactions, progression free and overall survival were retrospectively evaluated in patients who received palliative breast radiotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer between 2010 and 2013. The radiotherapy regimes were either 4Gy per …
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The Best Practice Guideline For theTreatment of Pediatric Diaper Dermatitis
… because pediatric patients are susceptible to skin reactions related to the use of diapers, it is important that caregivers are aware of and use the most effective treatments for diaper dermatitis, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. Thus, health care providers are an …
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A study to characterise the “arsenic rash” observed at a copper smelter in Tsumeb, Namibia
… increase the total employee compliment by 1000. Skin rashes are the most common occupational disease reported at the copper smelter. The underlying cause of these acute transient rashes have historically been attributed by smelter employees to arsenic exposure, as encapsulated in the widely-used …
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Contact Allergy to Textile Dyes - Clinical and Chemical Studies on Disperse Dyes
… was thus to evaluate the prevalence of allergic reactions to a mix of textile dyes consisting of 8 disperse dyes: Disperse (D) Blue 35, 106 and 124, D Yellow 3, D Orange 1 and 3, and D Red 1 and 17, in southern Sweden, to assess the clinical association between self-reported skin problems and …
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Characterization of Skin Immune Reactions Induced by the Contact Sensitizer Diphencyprone in Healthy Volunteers and Metastatic Melanoma Patients
… are largely unknown. This thesis characterizes skin immune reactions induced by DPCP, both in healthy volunteers and patients with metastatic melanoma. In healthy volunteers, DPCP led to upgregulation of many immune molecules that may be anti-neoplastic effectors, including IFNγ, IL-24, and …
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Evaluation of γ-Irradiated Peanut Extract as a Proper Immunogen for Immunotherapy in Murine Model of Peanut Allergy
… capacity was coupled with reduced OVA and OM skin reactions on skin prick tests. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of using the gamma irradiation technique to reduce peanut allergies by observing the changes that occur in the allergenecity and antigencity of gamma …