Investigating dermatologic side effects of anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agents

INTRODUCTION: Various chemotherapeutic agents are used in cancer treatment. The side effects they create on skin are sometimes the same and sometimes different. We purposed to investigate skin, skin appendages and mucosa adverse effects of anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agents with literature in our study.
METHODS: Age, gender, type of cancer, used anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agents, number of cycles of patients were noted. Skin, skin appendages and mucosa adverse effects of anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agents were recorded.
RESULTS: 48 patients were included in our study, 12 of them (%25) were male and 36 of them (%75) were female. We observed different skin, skin appendages and mucosa adverse effects of anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agents and presented them in tables.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Chemotherapeutics can have beneficial effects as well as damaging effects on various organs. We compared dermatologic side effects of chemotherapeutic agents in the light of literature in our study. We also mentioned dermatologic side effects that haven’t been mentioned in the literature yet. We believe that our research will contribute to the literature with all these aspects.