| Alopecia |
Hair loss |
| Dermatitis |
General term describing an inflammation of the skin; can include seborrheic dermatitis and atopic dermatitis (eczema); usually involves swollen, red and itchy skin; causes the skin to look greasy, scaly or flaky |
| Desquamation |
Shedding of the outer layers of skin; the condition can be dry or wet |
| Dysesthesia |
Disagreeable sensation caused by ordinary stimuli; abnormal sensation in the absence of stimulation |
| Edema |
Swelling caused by an increase of interstitial fluid |
| Erythema |
Exhibiting redness |
| Erythrodysesthesia (hand-foot syndrome) |
Irritation, cracking and peeling of the skin of the hands and feet |
| Excoriation |
A linear break in the surface of the skin |
| Extravasation |
Unintended leakage or migration of fluid |
| Fissures |
Breaks or small cuts in the skin |
| Flagellate hyperpigmentation |
Well-demarcated, hyperpigmented (darkened) streaks on the skin |
| Fractionation |
A method of treating cancer with radiation therapy; the total dose of radiation may be divided into several smaller doses over several days to lessen toxic effects on healthy cells. The degree of fractionation may determine the extent of symptoms. |
| Friable |
Dry and brittle; easily reduced to powder |
| Hand-foot syndrome (erythrodysesthesia) |
Irritation, cracking and peeling of the skin of the hands and feet |
| Hyperpigmentation |
Darkening of the skin or nails |
| Macular lesion |
Small, flat lesion |
| Mucositis |
Inflammation and ulceration of mucous membranes |
| Onycholysis |
A nail condition in which the nail lifts or detaches itself from the nail bed |
| Papular lesion |
Small, raised lesion |
| Papulopustular |
An eruption of the skin composed of papules (a solid elevation of skin) and pustules (an elevation of the skin that contains pus) |
| Paronychia |
Inflammation of the nail fold (not always infectious) |
| Plaque |
Raised, broad skin lesion |
| Progression-free survival |
Indicates the length of time during and after treatment in which a patient is living with a disease that does not get worse |
| Pruritus |
Unpleasant itch |
| Pyogenic granuloma |
Small, red, oozing, sometimes bloody, benign skin growth |
| Radiation fibrosis |
Scar tissue resulting from radiation therapy |
| Radiation recall |
A reaction to previously irradiated skin when chemotherapy is provided; the area that had been radiated often resembles a severe sunburn; the area reddens, itches and may burn |
| Telangiectasia |
Dilated, superficial blood vessels that appear as red, blue or purple spots on the skin; commonly appear on the face, upper chest or neck |
| Xerosis |
Dry skin |
