Older radiation treatments, particularly with cobalt machines, often caused severe dermatitis. — Whalespan
Older radiation treatments, particularly with cobalt machines, often caused severe dermatitis.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“more like 30 40 years ago with the older cobalt machines they would get a terrible dermatitis like many times it was moist desquamation confluently over the whole course of the over the whole chest wall axillary desamation is always bad because of the friction of the arm”