What is Radiation Recall?
What is Radiation Recall?Answer: Radiation recall is an inflammatory reaction that sometimes occurs when an individual receives chemotherapy following radiation therapy for cancer. The symptoms can occur just a few days after radiation therapy is completed, or years later. It is uncertain how often this poorly understood reaction happens, but one study estimated that it occurs in 9% of people who go through both radiation therapy and chemotherapy for cancer. Radiation Recall Symptoms The symptoms of radiation recall are due to inflammation in a region that was previously treated with radiation. The most common type of reaction is radiation recall dermatitis, a skin rash involving redness, swelling, and/or blistering of the skin. The rash is often painful and can have the appearance of severe sunburn. Other regions that may be affected include the mouth (radiation recall mu
