Handbook of Skin Care in Cancer Patients
( Cancer Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatments )
Publication series ：Cancer Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatments
Author： Pierre Vereecken (Brussels Belgium); Ahmad Awada (Institut Jules Bordet Brussels Belgium)
Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year： 2012
E-ISBN: 9781624173608
Subject： R73 Oncology
Keyword： Cancer
Language： ENG
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Description
During the past decade, fundamental and clinical research have been conducted to enhance the efficacy of anticancer treatments and new drugs targeted on specific molecular events have emerged. These treatments are more efficient but also cause frequent s skin side effects such as skin dryness, nail and hair changes. On a psychological and aesthetic point of view, this can be a real matter for the patients, and these skin changes lead to altered quality of life and modification of the self perception of t