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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
      <issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">135</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2022.21213</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Dermatology</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Prophylaxis and Management of Radiation-Induced Dermatitis&#13;
</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alzanbagi</surname>
            <given-names>Hanadi</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alshaqaqiq</surname>
            <given-names>Mohammed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alsadi</surname>
            <given-names>Hdinan</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alharbi</surname>
            <given-names>Bunaydir</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alshammari</surname>
            <given-names>Maher</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alshowaiy</surname>
            <given-names>Ahmed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alwaheed</surname>
            <given-names>Fatema</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Almalki</surname>
            <given-names>Tahani</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alelowi</surname>
            <given-names>Abdulrahman</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Nefaie</surname>
            <given-names>Abdullah Al</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alharbi</surname>
            <given-names>Mohammed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>27</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2022</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>2</volume>
      <issue>12</issue>
      <fpage>588</fpage>
      <lpage>596</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Radiation dermatitis is an acute skin reaction that occurs as a result of radiotherapy used to treat a range of different cancers. The severity of symptoms ranges from erythema to dry desquamation (dry, flaky skin with itching) to moist desquamation (serious exudate, edema, and blistering). While a variety of topical agents and dressings are used to ameliorate side effects, there is minimal evidence to support their use. This study aimed to review the evidence on radiation-induced dermatitis, its prophylaxis, and its management. Only a few studies have found that specific topical agents have a significant benefit. Film dressings are the most efficient means of preventing acute radiation dermatitis, whereas foam dressings were found to be beneficial in treating it. In a preventive situation, barrier films and silicone-based gel treatments may lower the severity of skin reactions and symptoms and entirely halt the onset of moist desquamation. Radiation dermatitis has been prevented and treated with a variety of topical and systemic medications, but there is not enough data to recommend one gel, cream, or ointment over another. However, no single therapeutic option is consistently effective.&#13;
</p>
      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <kwd>radiation dermatitis</kwd>
        <kwd> treatment</kwd>
        <kwd> prevention</kwd>
        <kwd> topical</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
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