Subdermal injection of hyaluronic acid to decrease skin toxicity from radiation delivered with low-dose-rate brachytherapy for cancer patients.

Conclusions: Our study results showed that an additional 1.0 cm distance between the radioactive source and skin could be induced by HA injection in patients with subdermal tumor, and this distance could significantly decrease the skin dose in LDR brachytherapy. In addition, no obvious toxicity and side effects were produced by HA injection. Therefore, hyaluronic acid injection is a safe and effective technique. PMID: 30911305 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: J Contemp Brachytherapy Source Type: research