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- Title
Guía de práctica clínica para prevención y tratamiento de la radiodermatitis aguda.
- Authors
Villanueva Ramos, T. I.; Pérez, Daniel Alcalá; Vega González, M. T.; Peralta Pedrero, María Luisa; Medina Bojórquez, Armando; Barrera Cruz, A.; Cortés Casimiro, V. R.
- Abstract
Background: Radiotherapy is a mainstay in the treatment of oncology patients. Any patient undergoing a radiotherapy scheme will experience some degree of radiodermatitis, most of them degrees 1 and 2. Objective: To list, based on the best scientific evidence currently available, the parameters to prevent and treat acute radiodermatitis that adult patients undergoing radiotherapy, have. Material and methods: Structured and concrete clinical questions were formulated with a standardized sequence to search for practice guidelines. Four guidelines were found from which only one was really attached to the same subject. Results: Although there have been several trials, only few interventions have good level of evidence and degree of recommendation to prevent higher degrees of radiodermatitis (hygiene, topical steroids, oral hydrolytic enzymes and amifostine). For acute radiodermatitis treatment, only few studies have been made and, even those, show very poor results. Conclusions: The following Practice Guideline provides the best current scientific evidence for prevention and treatment of acute radiodermatitis in adult patients of either sex undergoing radiotherapy, and helps dermatologists in making good therapeutic decisions, and encourages scientific research.
- Subjects
CANCER radiotherapy; DERMATOLOGY; RADIODERMATITIS; PHYSICIAN practice patterns; GUIDELINES; RADIOTHERAPY complications
- Publication
Dermatología Revista Mexicana, 2012, Vol 56, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
0185-4038
- Publication type
Article