Early effects include erythema, epilation and moist desquamation. In the midterm (6-52 weeks), dermal atrophy may occur. Ulceration, due to failure of moist desquamation to heal, may also appear.

These pains can be very severe when the irradiated volume was large. An important point here is that moist desquamation, which implies a total destruction of the epidermis, is a clear predictor of ...

In our pooled analysis of six randomized controlled clinical trials, the use of topical corticosteroids was associated with a significantly lower incidence of moist desquamation and a reduction of ...

Improving dose homogeneity also results in less-acute toxicity of radiation; specifically, the incidence of moist desquamation. Whether the improvements in acute toxicity will translate into a ...