Mucocutaneous side effects of chemotherapy.
Increasing numbers of chemotherapeutic agents are being used to treat patients with cancer. They have only a slight margin of safety between the tumoricidal and toxic doses. The skin is a frequent target for the side effects of these drugs, and the clinician should be alert to these manifestations so that needless diagnostic work up is avoid.
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Department of Dermatology, Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France.
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D014467:Ultraviolet Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects