Your skin. Radiotherapy can make your skin sore in the treatment area. Some people have no skin problems at all but others have very sore skin. This depends on: the type of radiotherapy you have. your ...

Radiation therapy is one of the important treatment options for curing breast cancer. Though it is simple and painless one of the most common temporary side effect is skin irritation.

Erythema means reddening of the skin due to inflammation which is usually a result of accumulation of cells of the immune system and chemicals these cells release. There can be many reasons for the ...

For Melanie, the highly targeted radiation, in addition to specialized soaps and hydrocortisone creams, worked to keep her ...

This trial looked at using a steroid cream to help reduce skin reactions caused by having radiotherapy to the breast and chest wall. Radiotherapy can make the skin go dry, red, itchy and sore around ...

Most people's skin will burn if they get enough UV radiation. But some people burn especially easily or have skin reactions to sunlight. This condition is called photosensitivity.You might hear it ...

The eFLASH treatments had a DMF of 1.45–1.54 – in other words, a 45–54% higher dose was needed to cause comparable skin toxicity to that caused by conventional radiotherapy. “The DMF indicated a ...

Chamomile is a common ingredient in many skin care ... Hyperpigmentation in radiation treatment. ... You can test a small amount of the product on your forearm for a week and monitor for reactions.