Saving cancer patients' skin

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Wed, 03/26/2008 - 23:00

Targeted cancer drugs can have such disfiguring dermatologic side effects, some patients are embarrassed to be seen in public and hide at home.

Others toss their pills. The pioneering Cancer Skin Care Program at Northwestern University -- the first in the nation -- treats patients to parry those effects and conducts research to find the most effective dermatological treatments.

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