International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 75, Issue 4 , Pages 1048-1052 , 15 November 2009

Use of Axillary Deodorant and Effect on Acute Skin Toxicity During Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer: A Prospective Randomized Noninferiority Trial

  • Valérie Théberge, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Département de Radio-Oncologie, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec, QB, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Valérie Théberge, M.D., Département de Radio-Oncologie, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, 11, Côte du Palais, Québec, QB G1R 2J6 Canada. Tel: (418) 691-5264; Fax: (418) 691-5268
    • ,
  • François Harel, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche de L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de l'Université Laval, Québec, QB, Canada
    • ,
  • Anne Dagnault, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Département de Radio-Oncologie, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec, QB, Canada
    • Centre de Recherche de L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de l'Université Laval, Québec, QB, Canada

Received 30 October 2008 ,Revised 16 December 2008 ,Accepted 19 December 2008.

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 Presented as an oral presentation at the 2008 Annual Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology Meeting, Montréal, Canada and 2008 Annual Association de Radio-Oncologues du Québec Meeting, St-Sauveur, QB, Canada; and as a poster presentation at the 2008 Annual American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Meeting, Boston, MA and 2008 Annual European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Meeting, Göteborg, Sweden.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(09)00016-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.046

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 75, Issue 4 , Pages 1048-1052 , 15 November 2009

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