and an antibiotic nasal ointment, mupirocin, may reduce the likelihood of developing severe radiation burns. The patients in the study used the experimental treatment for 5 days, every other week ...

Contrary to the advice most cancer patients receive when they go through radiation treatment ... of the petroleum-based over-the-counter ointment Aquaphor, and one with silver sulfadiazine ...

Patients can apply topical skin treatments in moderation before radiation therapy despite common advice ... To examine this, the researchersstudied Aquaphor, an over-the-counter petroleum-based ...

A large, phase 3 study showed that topical calendula cream reduced pain, treatment interruptions and incidence of moderate skin reactions, such as severe redness and pain, during radiation therapy.

Acute radiation ... such as Aquaphor), or the experimental antibacterial regimen. This treatment involved using the body cleanser chlorhexidine along with mupirocin 2% nasal ointment twice a ...

The patients were offered either diprobase cream or mometasone furoate to be administered daily from the start of radiation therapy for 5 weeks and for at least a fortnight afterwards. Dr Lisa ...

Acute radiation ... such as Aquaphor), or the experimental antibacterial regimen. This treatment involved using the body cleanser chlorhexidine along with mupirocin 2% nasal ointment twice a ...