[Acute radiation reaction and its healing time after skin cancer radiotherapy in elderly patients].
In group of 106 patients over 70 with skin cancer radiation-induced reaction and its healing time were evaluated. Mean age was 78.3 years. The control group consisted of 35 patients under 70 with average age 59 years. All patients were treated under conventional roentgenotherapy conditions with dose fractionation. Intensification of acute radioreaction was classified according to RTGO and EORTC scores. In elderly patients the first grade of reaction was twice lower than in control group. Average healing time of radiation-induced reaction in the whole elderly group was 3 weeks longer in comparison with controls. Mean healing time of the same reaction intensity grade was also longer in elderly. In the first grade of changes it was 1 week longer. 3 and 1 week there were in second and third degree respectively.
Katedry i Zakładu Onkologii w Lublinie.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing
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