TY - JOUR
T1 - Cutaneous Manifestations of Chemotherapeutic Drugs
AU - Gill, Jennifer
AU - Dominguez, Arturo R.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Gill reports personal fees from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, her primary employer, personal fees for travel accommodations from the American Academy of Dermatology, grants from the University of Texas Southwestern, and grants from the National Institutes of Health, outside the submitted work.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Chemotherapy is well known to both clinicians and patients for its ability to cause unwanted adverse effects. The skin is an organ commonly affected by treatment with chemotherapy, leading to presentations ranging from mild to life-threatening. Recognition of these cutaneous effects is important as they impact morbidity and mortality as well as patient compliance. This review aims to discuss several of the most common cutaneous side effects of chemotherapies as well as recommendations for their diagnosis and management.
AB - Chemotherapy is well known to both clinicians and patients for its ability to cause unwanted adverse effects. The skin is an organ commonly affected by treatment with chemotherapy, leading to presentations ranging from mild to life-threatening. Recognition of these cutaneous effects is important as they impact morbidity and mortality as well as patient compliance. This review aims to discuss several of the most common cutaneous side effects of chemotherapies as well as recommendations for their diagnosis and management.
KW - Chemotherapy side effects
KW - Cutaneous abnormalities
KW - Cutaneous adverse drug reactions
KW - Cutaneous side effects
KW - Toxic erythema of chemotherapy
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U2 - 10.1007/s13671-016-0130-0
DO - 10.1007/s13671-016-0130-0
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84993955262
SN - 2162-4933
VL - 5
SP - 58
EP - 69
JO - Current Dermatology Reports
JF - Current Dermatology Reports
IS - 1
ER -