Damage to sebaceous gland and the efficacy of moisturizer after whole breast radiotherapy: a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Patient baseline characteristics

	Prophylaxis (n = 14)		Post WBRT (n = 30)		Control (n = 32)		p
	n	%	n	%	n	%	p
Age (year)
Median (range)	45 (34–65)		49 (32–65)		50 (39–65)		0.13
BMI
Median (range)	21.3 (17–28)		22.3 (17–33)		20.9 (16–29)		0.28
Affected breast
Left	8	57	18	60	14	44	0.4
Right	6	23	12	40	18	56
Tumor location
Inner	0	0	2	7	1	3	0.24
Lateral	13	93	28	93	29	91
Central	1	7	0	0	2	6
Smoking
Current	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.74
Past	4	29	6	20	6	19
Never	10	71	24	80	25	78
Chemotherapy before RT
Yes	4	29	5	83	4	13	0.41
No	10	71	25	17	28	87
Endocrine therapy before RT
Yes	1	7	2	7	1	3	0.77
No	13	93	28	93	31	97
RT
Energy (MV)
4	10	72	18	60	24	75	0.43
6	4	29	12	40	8	25
Boost
10–18 Gy	9	64	15	50	16	50	0.63
No	5	36	15	50	16	50

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