Onkológia 5/2010

Radiotherapy and the early radiation-induced skin changes

The radiotherapy is a treatment where the effect of ionizing radiation is useful for cancer cells. In spite of careful treatment planning there still some undesirable reactions durig treatment, of which maximal elimination is necessary. The effect of the accute postradiation changes on the skin and factors influences their presence were studyed in this article.

Keywords: radiotherapy, skin, postradiation changes.