Radiation therapy in cancer patients with psoriasis. The fractionated daily dose and the Koebner phenomenon.
Skin side effects following XRT take place more often in patients with skin disorders. In this study six patients with psoriatic lesions were evaluated. The total/daily XRT dose to the tumor site was 50-70/1.8-2.0 Gy. No debilitating effect of XRT was observed in both the psoriatic lesions and in the surrounding normal skin.
Ben-Yosef
Rami
R
Radiobiology and Hyperthermia Laboratory, Radiotherapy Unit, Division of Oncology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel.
Soyfer
Vyacheslav
V
Vexler
Akiva
A
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011832:Radiation Injuries; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy