A significant proportion of patients treated with whole-breast or head and neck radiotherapy will experience skin toxicity, i.e. skin dermatitis, which may lead to erythema, dry desquamation and wet desquamation. It is hypothesized that quantitative thermal imaging can be used to measure radiation-induced skin toxicity.
The aim of this study is to use quantitative thermal imaging to evaluate skin toxicity in patients treated with whole-breast or head and neck radiotherapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
200
Thermograms will be acquired of both treated and non-treated cancer site for comparison.
Sunnybrook Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Temperature changes in skin during radiotherapy.
To measure the temperature changes in skin during each week of radiation therapy and correlate to radiotherapy treatment time.
Time frame: 1 year
Measure patient-reported toxicity using a validated self-assessment tool (Dermatology Quality of Life Questionnaire)
Measure patient-reported symptoms using a validated questionnaire.
Time frame: 1 year
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