Skin Manifestations on Radiotherapy Patients in Dr. Moewardi General Hospital Surakarta

Fiska Rosita, Bobby Febrianto, Muhammad Eko Irawanto

2018

Abstract

Radiotherapy is a common treatment modality for cancer and 50% of cancer patients receive radiotherapy as a preoperative, postoperative and palliative therapy. Radiotherapy treatments cause various reactions to the skin and cause pain, discomfort, irritation, itching, and burning sensations. Side effects that occur in the skin due to radiation is classified into two, namely acute radiation dermatitis and chronic radiation dermatitis. This study aimed to determine the skin manifestations which occur in radiotherapy patients in Dr. Moewardi General Hospital Surakarta. A retrospective descriptive was conducted in Dr. Moewardi General Hospital with the patient of radiotheraphy. The data were taken from medical record and direct observation. Thirty two patients were included in this study, 20 female patients and 12 male patients, with the age ranged from 32 to 78 years old. Nasopharyngeal cancer is the most patients radiotherapy. Of all 32 radiotherapy patients only 1 (3.2%) patient received radiotherapy dose 2.5 Gy per fraction, and 24 (75%) patiens had 66 Gy for total dose. According to the National Cancer Institute grade 1 acute radiation dermatitis occurred in our radiotherapy patient was erythematous patch with partial hyperpigmentation 48.3%.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rosita F., Febrianto B. and Irawanto M. (2018). Skin Manifestations on Radiotherapy Patients in Dr. Moewardi General Hospital Surakarta.In Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD, ISBN 978-989-758-494-7, pages 141-145. DOI: 10.5220/0008152601410145

in Bibtex Style

@conference{rcd18,
author={Fiska Rosita and Bobby Febrianto and Muhammad Eko Irawanto},
title={Skin Manifestations on Radiotherapy Patients in Dr. Moewardi General Hospital Surakarta},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,},
year={2018},
pages={141-145},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008152601410145},
isbn={978-989-758-494-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,
TI - Skin Manifestations on Radiotherapy Patients in Dr. Moewardi General Hospital Surakarta
SN - 978-989-758-494-7
AU - Rosita F.
AU - Febrianto B.
AU - Irawanto M.
PY - 2018
SP - 141
EP - 145
DO - 10.5220/0008152601410145