Radiographer Forum member Information, Support 14/08/14 Is it OK for patients to use sun lotion during treatment or only after Need to refine wording Accept and Review the skin reaction has settled down? Radiographer Forum member Information, Support 14/08/14 The guidelines you have given about standardising skin care Many thanks Accept and Review education and assessment of skin reactions are excellent as are the Radiographer Forum recommendations for further research. member Samantha Bostock, 18/08/14 shampoo probably means as opposed to or Wording changed Accept and changed ‘Usual’ ‘normal’ ‘dry’ steering group - If the scalp is in the treatment field, wash hair gently with ‘oily’ member your usual shampoo but do not dry with a hairdryer. In relation to the wording re Radiotherapy Charlotte Beardmore, 19/08/14 Wording changed Accept and changed Clinical Reference Group point 1.4 added as track core group member change in the Practice Guideline. It will also need adding in to the recommendations please. RAG member 19/08/14 The guidance to staff does NOT mention that aqueous cream isn’t Wording added Accept and changed recommended as a leave-on moisturiser, whereas the patient guidance specifically mentions it. Given that the practice of so many departments currently is to give out aqueous cream, this should be clarified to avoid confusion. RAG member 19/08/14 The advice to patients to avoid/reduce shaving may need to be Wording added Accept and changed amended to include advised differently by your oncologist’ ‘unless or words to that effect, as many head and neck patients are told to shave off their beards prior to radiotherapy planning, and this could cause confusion. RAG member 19/08/14 Not sure about including links to external sites; I went to look at Removed Accept and the besunaware website and could find no obvious advice relating removed to previous radiotherapy treatment. However there was advice specifically regarding previous skin cancer this may cause – confusion as it may give patients the impression that the advice is only relevant for skin cancer (i.e. head and neck cancer patients
Radiographer Forum member Information, Support and Review Radiographer Forum member 14/08/14 Is it OK for patients to use sun lotion during treatment or only after the skin reaction has settled down? Need to refine wording Accept Information, Support and Review Radiographer Forum member 14/08/14 The guidelines you have given about standardising skin care education and assessment of skin reactions are excellent as are the recommendations for further research. Many thanks Accept Samantha Bostock, steering group member 18/08/14 ‘Usual’ shampoo probably means ‘normal’ as opposed to ‘dry’ or ‘oily’ - If the scalp is in the treatment field, wash hair gently with your usual shampoo but do not dry with a hairdryer. Wording changed Accept and changed Charlotte Beardmore, core group member 19/08/14 In relation to the wording re Radiotherapy Clinical Reference Group point 1.4 added as track change in the Practice Guideline. It will also need adding in to the recommendations please. Wording changed Accept and changed RAG member 19/08/14 The guidance to staff does NOT mention that aqueous cream isn’t recommended as a leave-on moisturiser, whereas the patient guidance specifically mentions it. Given that the practice of so many departments currently is to give out aqueous cream, this should be clarified to avoid confusion. Wording added Accept and changed RAG member 19/08/14 The advice to patients to avoid/reduce shaving may need to be amended to include ‘unless advised differently by your oncologist’ or words to that effect, as many head and neck patients are told to shave off their beards prior to radiotherapy planning, and this could cause confusion. Wording added Accept and changed RAG member 19/08/14 Not sure about including links to external sites; I went to look at the besunaware website and could find no obvious advice relating to previous radiotherapy treatment. However there was advice specifically regarding previous skin cancer – this may cause confusion as it may give patients the impression that the advice is only relevant for skin cancer (i.e. head and neck cancer patients Removed Accept and removed