Pentoxifylline and vitamin E drug compliance after adjuvant breast radiation therapy
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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 investigates patient compliance with pentoxifylline therapy while examining possible correlations to co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Radiation Oncology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2452-1094
DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2017.09.004