Cosmesis from the patient's and the doctor's view.

Purpose: Long-term cosmesis from the patient's perspective is compared to the doctor's appraisal. Factors that determine judgment of cosmesis are analyzed. Also, a patient questionnaire was designed to screen for normal tissue reactions and is evaluated.

Increasing the rate of late toxicity by changing the score? A comparison of RTOG/EORTC and LENT/SOMA scores.

Purpose: The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and Late Effects Normal Tissue Task Force subjective, objective, management, and analytic (LENT/SOMA) scores were compared in a group of breast cancer patients. The impact of the classification system on grading late effects was evaluated.

Materials And Methods: Telangiectasia, skin pigmentation, and fibrosis were scored according to both LENT/SOMA and RTOG criteria.