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Seeking the sun

It’s just so cold that you need a break, some sun, a holiday between or at the end of treatment.  Enjoy the warmer temperatures and a chance for some Vitamin D but avoid the burn. Treatment can change your skin, as both radiation therapy and chemotherapy can cause sensitivity to the sun. Many chemotherapy drugs can result in super-sensitivity …

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Chemo and the sun are not friends

Summertime often means more time outdoors increasing exposure to the sun.  Unfortunately chemo and the sun don’t get along. A side effect of chemotherapy that many cancer patients express they feel the most is sun sensitivity. This “photosensitivity” occurs because agents in chemotherapy are radiosensitizers which help to impact treatment, but also increase the body’s …

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