Q: I’m starting radiation treatments soon for my newly diagnosed breast cancer. How can I help keep the treatments from burning my skin? Nearly 8 out of 10 people with cancer who are treated with radiation will get skin irritation from it, called “radiation dermatitis” by doctors. It starts out with redness and warmth like …
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A nice lady named Joyce contacted me a couple of weeks ago. She had bought my book Why Dogs Can’t Eat Chocolate: How Medicines Work and How YOU Can Take Them Safely and it had given her the courage to ask some tough questions about the medicine she was taking for prevention of breast cancer. …
Q: My best friend is undergoing radiation for breast cancer, and trying to figure out how to protect her skin during the treatments. Are there any creams that could help her? Nearly 8 out of 10 people will experience a significant skin reaction during their radiation treatments for cancer. Called radiation dermatitis, it usually starts …
When I stumbled across the research on calendula in prevention of skin irritation during radiation treatment for breast cancer, I decided to do some evaluation of my own. Here is one pharmacist’s opinion (mine) of some of the formulations currently available. I hope my comments help you narrow down whether one of these formulations of …
