Pentoxifylline and vitamin E drug compliance after adjuvant breast radiation therapy
Purpose: Breast fibrosis is a common late effect after therapeutic irradiation that can result in pain, poor cosmesis, and functional impairment. Randomized trials have demonstrated that radiation fibrosis may be preventable with a medication regimen of pentoxifylline and vitamin E. This study inves...
Main Authors: | Justin M. Famoso, MD, Brady Laughlin, BS, Ali McBride, PharmD MS, Victor J. Gonzalez, MD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-01-01
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Series: | Advances in Radiation Oncology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109417301902 |
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