Radiation-induced skin injury: a review of pathophysiology, assessment, management, and re-irradiation protocols
While current management remains mostly palliative, emerging therapies when guided by standardized assessment tools (including the widely used RTOG scale, which remains the clinical gold standard for skin toxicity grading), alongside CTCAE and RISRAS and individualized treatment planning offer hope for reducing acute and long-term skin damage, especially in re-irradiation cases.
Authors
- Yuan Fang
- Xuhong Dang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-2503)
- Jiao Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0820-7762)
- Xiaoquan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7068-7909)
- Juancong Dong
Institutions
- Changzhi Medical College (CN)
- National Institute for Radiological Protection (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Oncology
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2025.1736717
- Primary Topic
- Effects of Radiation Exposure
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- China National Nuclear Corporation