PMID- 32871845 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210618 LR - 20221207 IS - 1791-7549 (Electronic) IS - 0258-851X (Print) IS - 0258-851X (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 5 DP - 2020 Sep-Oct TI - Tomato Juice Consumption Could Improve Breast Skin Adverse Effects of Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients. PG - 3013-3021 LID - 10.21873/invivo.12133 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND/AIM: We investigated the beneficial effects of drinking tomato juice (TJ) rich in antioxidant carotenoids on irradiated skin following radiotherapy (RT) in breast cancer patients. PATIENTS/METHODS: Twenty-three patients agreed to drink TJ (160 g/day for six months) after the completion of RT. Early and late adverse events (AEs) of irradiated skin were evaluated according to the Common Terminology Criteria for AEs and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Global Cosmetic Rating System, respectively. RESULTS: With regard to early AEs, acute radiodermatitis of grade 1 was observed in most patients (22/23) at the end of RT. However, the grade of radiodermatitis rapidly changed to 0, 1 month after RT and starting TJ consumption. With regard to late AEs, most patients were in good or excellent dermal condition. CONCLUSION: TJ consumption could help in relieving and recovering from early AEs and decreasing the severity of late AEs of irradiated skin. CI - Copyright(c) 2020, International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved. FAU - Fukushi, Yasuyo AU - Fukushi Y AD - Department of Disability and Health, Division of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki, Japan. AD - Department of Radiology, Mutsu General Hospital, Mutsu, Japan. FAU - Mariya, Yasushi AU - Mariya Y AD - Department of Radiology, Mutsu General Hospital, Mutsu, Japan. AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Aomori Rosai Hospital, Hachinohe, Japan. FAU - Yamada, Kyogo AU - Yamada K AD - Department of Surgery, Mutsu General Hospital, Mutsu, Japan. FAU - Yoshida, Kazue AU - Yoshida K AD - Department of Radiology, Mutsu General Hospital, Mutsu, Japan. FAU - Sasa, Asami AU - Sasa A AD - Department of Radiology, Mutsu General Hospital, Mutsu, Japan. FAU - Saito, Hitoshi AU - Saito H AD - Department of Central laboratory, Mutsu General Hospital, Mutsu, Japan. FAU - Hirai, Ayumi AU - Hirai A AD - Innovation Division, Kagome Co., Ltd., Nasushiobara, Japan. FAU - Suzuki, Shigenori AU - Suzuki S AD - Innovation Division, Kagome Co., Ltd., Nasushiobara, Japan. FAU - Aizawa, Koichi AU - Aizawa K AD - Innovation Division, Kagome Co., Ltd., Nasushiobara, Japan. FAU - Suganuma, Hiroyuki AU - Suganuma H AD - Innovation Division, Kagome Co., Ltd., Nasushiobara, Japan. FAU - Itaki, Chieko AU - Itaki C AD - Department of Nursing Science, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki, Japan itakichi@hirosaki-u.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Greece TA - In Vivo JT - In vivo (Athens, Greece) JID - 8806809 RN - 36-88-4 (Carotenoids) SB - IM MH - *Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy MH - Carotenoids MH - Female MH - Fruit and Vegetable Juices MH - Humans MH - *Solanum lycopersicum MH - *Radiodermatitis/etiology PMC - PMC7652455 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Tomato juice OT - breast cancer OT - carotenoids OT - lycopene OT - radiotherapy COIS- The Authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose. EDAT- 2020/09/03 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/22 06:00 PMCR- 2020/09/03 CRDT- 2020/09/03 06:00 PHST- 2020/05/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/06/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/09/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/09/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/09/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 34/5/3013 [pii] AID - 10.21873/invivo.12133 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - In Vivo. 2020 Sep-Oct;34(5):3013-3021. doi: 10.21873/invivo.12133.