[The ambulatory cancer patient treated by radiotherapy].
Without a sufficient knowledge of the acute and late normal tissue reactions due to radiotherapy, a general practitioner is sometimes helpless and hopeless, facing a patient consulting with questions, or side effects. How to manage a skin reaction, a mucositis, a leucopenia, a hair loss, ...? The aim of this paper is to describe the pathogeny of frequent acute and/or late reactions related to ambulatory radiotherapy, allow an early diagnosis, facilitate a follow-up in common and provide guidelines for the symptomatic medical treatment.
Vanderick
J
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Centre de Radiothérapie-Oncologie Cogniaux-Dancot, Bruxelles.
D000359:Aftercare / Q000379:methods; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods