Alterações dermatológicas em pacientes oncológicos - adultos e crianças Dermatological alterations in oncological patients - adults and children

Cancer treatment, surgery and/or chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, involves numerous adverse effects on the skin. Most of these effects have already been reported in the literature. The Ambulatory of Dermatocosmiatry Rehabilitation from Faculdade de Medicina do ABC catalogued cosmetics alterations and injuries on the skin due to cancer treatment, besides treating them during therapy without interfering in the clinical results. The objective of this work was to divide the dermatologic injuries and cosmetic skin changes resulting from cancer treatment in three broad groups: changes induced by treatment, enhanced by treatment and non-related to it. This is the first report in medical literature. Besides, the study characterized the changes in accordance to the oncological treatment made.