Background: Normal tissue toxicity continues to remain as a major challenge for radiation oncologists for delivering the total dose to the tumour cells in cancer patients. Cellular, molecular and plasma based early biomarkers to predict the overreactions and non-overreactions of normal tissue toxicity before the initiation of radiotherapy can be valuable for personalised treatment. The aim of t...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To compare the effectiveness of three different skin care products versus a placebo in reducing the incidence of radiation therapy-induced skin reactions prophylactically. DESIGN Prospective randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study. SETTING A radiation oncology department at a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in the southeastern...

Reaction time for warmth and cold sensation with 2°e, 5°e and s-e respectively above and below skin temperature had been found out in S students on left hand hypothener eminence and dorsum of middle phalanx of the middle finger with average threshold temperature of 2°e above and below skin temperature. The reaction time was found to be 0.66 sec. On increasing the difference of test temperature ...

LMR: locus minoris resistentiae SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus INTRODUCTION An isotopic reaction describes a novel cutaneous condition occurring in a distribution previously affected by another disease, a dermatologic example of locus minoris resistentiae (LMR). LMR represents a physiologic Achilles heel in the skin in which a congenital or acquired altered defense capacity causes a certain ...

CONTACT WITH CORAL MAY CAUSE A RARE TYPE OF CONTACT DERMATITIS, AND THE RESULTING SKIN REACTION CAN BE DIVIDED INTO DIFFERENT REACTIONS: the acute, delayed and chronic types of coelenterate dermatitis. Granulomas of delayed skin reactions have rarely been reported. Herein, we report on a rare case of a delayed reaction of the skin to coral injury, and the patient displayed superficial granuloma...

1. When toxic filtrates from cultures of B coli, B. typhosus, or meningococci are injected into the blood stream, peritoneal cavity, or subcutaneous tissue of tuberculous guinea pigs, the skin at the site of a tuberculin reaction becomes hemorrhagic. The extent of the hemorrhage is proportional to the severity of the tuberculin reaction demonstrable by tests with various dilutions of tuberculin...

There may be some difficulties to differentiate Behcet's disease (BD), recurrent aphthosis (RA), and herpetic aphthous ulceration, from other mimicking oral disorders. Despite of unexpected sensitivity and responsiveness, the skin pathergy test regarding a non specific hypersensitivity has long been thought as one of auxiliary diagnostic benefits for BD. To determine the potential usefulness an...

atypical mycobacterium granulomatous skin infections are often accured by mycobacterium marinum, m. ulcerans, m. fortuitum, and m. avium colonies. skin infections probably originate from an environmental source such as contacting with aquatic animals, fish farming and swimming in the pools, and inoculate into skin through skin wounds, scratches, trauma, and surgery. the lesions appear as purple...

A novel method of skin segmentation is presented aimed to obtain as many pixels belonging to the real skin as possible. This method is validated by experts in radiology. In addition, a biomechanical model of the breast, which considers the skin segmented in this way, is constructed to study the influence of considering real skin in the simulation of the breast compression during an X-ray mammog...