Inhibition of tissue damage to skin from radiation treatment therapy
OwnerDonald Bissett, James Nordlundinventors
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Abstract
A method of and composition for inhibiting the deleterious effects on mammalian skin tissue by radiation treatment therapy comprising administering to a patient in need thereof, in conjunction with exposure of the skin tissue to radiation, a safe and effective amount of a chelating agent.
Claims28
A method of inhibiting the deleterious effects on mammalian skin tissue by radiation treatment therapy comprising administering to a patient in need thereof, in conjunction with exposure of the skin tissue to radiation, a safe and effective amount of a chelating agent.
A composition protective against damage to mammalian skin tissue by radiation treatment comprising:
- (a) a safe and radioprotectively effective amount of a chelating agent;
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- (b) a safe and effective amount of a carrier therefore.
An article of manufacture comprising packaging material and a chelating agent contained within said packaging material, wherein said chelating agent is effective for inhibiting the deleterious effects of radiation treatment therapy on mammalian skin tissue, and wherein said packaging material comprises a label which indicates that said chelating agent can be used for protecting against the deleterious effects of radiation treatment therapy on the skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.