• Radiother Oncol · Aug 2017

    Avoiding antiperspirants during breast radiation therapy: Myth or sound advice?

    • Brian C Baumann, Chuan Zeng, Gary M Freedman, Ioannis I Verginadis, Kelly M MacArthur, Lilie L Lin, Carolyn Vachani, Constantinos Koumenis, Timothy D Solberg, and James M Metz.
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO, United States. Electronic address: brian.baumann@wustl.edu.
    • Radiother Oncol. 2017 Aug 1; 124 (2): 204-207.

    AbstractBreast cancer patients are typically advised to avoid antiperspirants for fear of increasing radiation dermatitis in the axilla. We hypothesized that antiperspirants would have minimal effect on skin dose. We found no difference in surface dose±antiperspirants using 6MV photons at gantry angles of 0°/30°/60°/90° regardless of aluminum concentration.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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