Targeted Therapy and Chemotherapy-Associated Skin Toxicities: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    August 2020 in “ Oncology nursing forum ”
    Jingyi Ding, Magdoleen H. Farah, Tarek Nayfeh … M. Hassan Murad
    Studysummary This systematic review reports that prophylactic minocycline and pyridoxine may reduce certain skin toxicities in cancer patients, but evidence quality for various interventions was limited and future research is needed.
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