{"title":"Barrier film for prevention and treatment of radiation dermatitis: a WHAM evidence summary","authors":"E. Haesler","doi":"10.33235/wpr.30.1.62-64","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Radiation dermatitis (RD) is an acute skin reaction that occurs as a result of radiotherapy used to treat a range of different cancers. Severity of symptoms ranges from erythema to dry desquamation (dry flaky skin with itching) to moist desquamation (serous exudate, oedema and blistering). Level 1 evidence1-3 reporting effectiveness of barrier films for preventing RD. Some studies2-4 showed statistically significant reductions in severity of RD and reduction in patient-reported symptoms.; however, the volume of evidence was small. Largest effect was achieved with a silicone-based barrier film forming gel dressing that was associated with a 41% reduction in risk of grade 2 RD.4 Level 1 and 3 evidence4, 5 failed to demonstrate a benefit in using a barrier film to treat existing RD.","PeriodicalId":44572,"journal":{"name":"Wound Practice and Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Wound Practice and Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.33235/wpr.30.1.62-64","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"DERMATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Radiation dermatitis (RD) is an acute skin reaction that occurs as a result of radiotherapy used to treat a range of different cancers. Severity of symptoms ranges from erythema to dry desquamation (dry flaky skin with itching) to moist desquamation (serous exudate, oedema and blistering). Level 1 evidence1-3 reporting effectiveness of barrier films for preventing RD. Some studies2-4 showed statistically significant reductions in severity of RD and reduction in patient-reported symptoms.; however, the volume of evidence was small. Largest effect was achieved with a silicone-based barrier film forming gel dressing that was associated with a 41% reduction in risk of grade 2 RD.4 Level 1 and 3 evidence4, 5 failed to demonstrate a benefit in using a barrier film to treat existing RD.
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